# Kalimarau Airport (BEJ / WAQT)

**Kalimarau Airport** (IATA: BEJ, ICAO: WAQT) is a medium airport in Tanjung Redeb - Borneo Island, Kalimantan Timur (East Kalimantan), Indonesia. It has one runway, 1,410 m (4,625 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Kalimarau Airport Authority Unit. In 2018 it handled 522 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BEJ / WAQT
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Kalimarau Airport Authority Unit
- Serves: Tanjung Redeb - Borneo Island, Kalimantan Timur (East Kalimantan), Indonesia
- Elevation: 18 m / 59 ft
- Coordinates: 2.1478, 117.4307
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,410 m / 4,625 ft
- Passengers: 522,307 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Makassar
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalimarau_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3544679
- Weather station: WAQT · WMO 96529
- Ident: WAQT

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 1,410 m / 4,625 ft | 23 m / 75 ft | Asphalt | 014° / 194° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 480,594 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 489,864 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 522,307 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (5)

- [AAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wals.md) Aji Pangeran Tumenggung Pranoto International Airport · Indonesia · 281 km / 175 mi · Wings Air
- [BPN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wall.md) Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan International Airport · Indonesia · 385 km / 239 mi · Wings Air, Sriwijaya Air
- [UPG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/waaa.md) Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport · Indonesia · 837 km / 520 mi · Sriwijaya Air
- [SUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/warr.md) Juanda International Airport · Indonesia · 1,178 km / 732 mi · Batik Air
- [CGK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wiii.md) Soekarno-Hatta International Airport · Indonesia · 1,509 km / 938 mi · Batik Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- ID [Batik Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/batik-air) · 2
- SJ [Sriwijaya Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sriwijaya-air) · 2
- 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 522K (2018) | #1,096 of 3,974 | #347 in Asia | #40 in ID |
| Longest runway | 1,410 m / 4,625 ft | =7,706 of 29,858 | =1,421 in Asia | =99 in ID |
| Elevation | 18 m / 59 ft | =38,756 of 43,403 | =2,536 in Asia | =439 in ID |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =9 in ID |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| RDO | RDO | 808.250 |

## Nearby airports

- [ID-0008](https://dromopedia.com/airports/id-0008.md) Berau Airport · 29 km / 18 mi
- [WAQK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/walx.md) Mangkajang Airport · 39 km / 24 mi
- [NAF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/id-naf.md) Banaina Airport · 72 km / 45 mi
- [TJS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/walg.md) Tanjung Harapan Airport · 77 km / 48 mi
- [WALW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wrlw.md) Muara Wahau Airport · 119 km / 74 mi
- [RTU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/waqc.md) Maratua Airport · 130 km / 81 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Kalimarau Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kalimarau_Airport&oldid=1371591269), revision of 27 Aug 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/waqt/data