# Wamena Airport (WMX / WAVV)

**Wamena Airport** (IATA: WMX, ICAO: WAVV) is a medium airport in Wamena, Papua Pegunungan (Highland Papua), Indonesia. It has one runway, 2,175 m (7,135 ft) long, asphalt. In 2017 it handled 401 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WMX / WAVV
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Wamena, Papua Pegunungan (Highland Papua), Indonesia
- Elevation: 1,657 m / 5,435 ft
- Coordinates: -4.0973, 138.9524
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,175 m / 7,135 ft
- Passengers: 401,068 (2017)
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Jayapura
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wamena_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4272434
- Weather station: WAJW · WMO 97686
- Ident: WAVV

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 2,175 m / 7,135 ft | 45 m / 147 ft | Asphalt | 153° / 333° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 201,710 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 401,068 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [OKL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wajo.md) Oksibil Airport · Indonesia · 206 km / 128 mi · Susi Air
- [DJJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wajj.md) Dortheys Hiyo Eluay International Airport · Indonesia · 242 km / 150 mi · Wings Air, Sriwijaya Air

### Cargo (2)

- [TIM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wabp.md) Mozes Kilangin Airport · Indonesia · 234 km / 145 mi · Asia Cargo Airlines, Jayawijaya Dirgantara
- [DJJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wajj.md) Dortheys Hiyo Eluay International Airport · Indonesia · 242 km / 150 mi · My Indo Airlines, Jayawijaya Dirgantara

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- SJ [Sriwijaya Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sriwijaya-air) · 1
- SI [Susi Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/susi-air) · 1
- IW [Wings Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wings-air) · 1

### Cargo (3)

- [Jayawijaya Dirgantara](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jayawijaya-dirgantara) · 2
- GM [Asia Cargo Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/asia-cargo-airlines) · 1
- 2Y [My Indo Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/my-indo-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 401K (2017) | #1,210 of 3,974 | #389 in Asia | #45 in ID |
| Longest runway | 2,175 m / 7,135 ft | #3,382 of 29,858 | #1,016 in Asia | #47 in ID |
| Elevation | 1,657 m / 5,435 ft | =1,530 of 43,403 | #229 in Asia | #102 in ID |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =9 in ID |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | INFO | 120.000 |
| TWR |  | 120.000 |
| ATIS | Wamena ATIS | 127.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [ID-0268](https://dromopedia.com/airports/id-0268.md) Asotipo Airstrip · 9.9 km / 6.2 mi
- [ID-0122](https://dromopedia.com/airports/id-0122.md) Polimo Airstrip · 16 km / 10 mi
- [ID-0063](https://dromopedia.com/airports/id-0063.md) Ibele Airstrip · 18 km / 11 mi
- [ID-0151](https://dromopedia.com/airports/id-0151.md) Tangma Airstrip · 21 km / 13 mi
- [ID-0167](https://dromopedia.com/airports/id-0167.md) Yogosem Airstrip · 29 km / 18 mi
- [ID-0067](https://dromopedia.com/airports/id-0067.md) Ilugwa/Antara Airport · 29 km / 18 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: “Wamena Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wamena_Airport&oldid=1375381614), revision of 17 Sep 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/wavv/data