# Kuabang Airport (KAZ / WAEK)

**Kuabang Airport** (IATA: KAZ, ICAO: WAEK) is a small airport in Kao, Maluku Utara (North Maluku), Indonesia. It has one runway, 903 m (2,963 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Kementerian Perhubungan.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/wamk

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KAZ / WAEK
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Kementerian Perhubungan
- Serves: Kao, Maluku Utara (North Maluku), Indonesia
- Elevation: 12 m / 40 ft
- Coordinates: 1.1886, 127.8960
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 903 m / 2,963 ft
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Jayapura
- Website: http://bandara-kao.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuabang_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12474073
- Ident: WAMK

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 903 m / 2,963 ft | 23 m / 75 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [TTE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/waee.md) Sultan Babullah Airport · Indonesia · 70 km / 43 mi · Wings Air
- [MDC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wamm.md) Sam Ratulangi International Airport · Indonesia · 333 km / 207 mi · Wings Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from KAZ, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- IW [Wings Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wings-air) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 903 m / 2,963 ft | =16,613 of 29,858 | #1,751 in Asia | #165 in ID |
| Elevation | 12 m / 40 ft | =39,802 of 43,403 | =2,693 in Asia | =486 in ID |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =9 in ID |

## Nearby airports

- [ID-0273](https://dromopedia.com/airports/id-0273.md) Marimoi Airport · 24 km / 15 mi
- [WAMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wamd.md) Jailolo/Kuripasai Airport · 47 km / 29 mi
- [PGQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wame.md) Buli Airport · 62 km / 38 mi
- [TTE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/waee.md) Sultan Babullah Airport · 70 km / 43 mi
- [GLX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wama.md) Gamarmalamo Airport · 73 km / 46 mi
- [WDB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/id-0181.md) Weda Bay Airport · 80 km / 50 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Kuabang Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kuabang_Airport&oldid=1363050450), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/wamk/data