# Betoambari Airport (BUW / WAWB)

**Betoambari Airport** (IATA: BUW, ICAO: WAWB) is a small airport in Bau Bau, Sulawesi Tenggara (Southeast Sulawesi), Indonesia. It has one runway, 1,800 m (5,905 ft) long, asphalt. In 2018 it handled 242 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BUW / WAWB
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Bau Bau, Sulawesi Tenggara (Southeast Sulawesi), Indonesia
- Elevation: 50 m / 164 ft
- Coordinates: -5.4860, 122.5698
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,800 m / 5,905 ft
- Passengers: 242,333 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Makassar
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betoambari_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q619835
- Weather station: WAWB
- Ident: WAWB

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 1,800 m / 5,905 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 041° / 221° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 90,219 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 105,599 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 88,788 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 135,663 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 122,676 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 242,459 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 242,333 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [UPG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/waaa.md) Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport · Indonesia · 337 km / 209 mi · Super Air Jet, Wings Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- [Super Air Jet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/super-air-jet) · 1
- IW [Wings Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wings-air) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 242K (2018) | #1,453 of 3,974 | #475 in Asia | #49 in ID |
| Longest runway | 1,800 m / 5,905 ft | =4,890 of 29,858 | =1,233 in Asia | =75 in ID |
| Elevation | 50 m / 164 ft | =34,868 of 43,403 | =2,064 in Asia | =345 in ID |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =9 in ID |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| INFO | INFO | 905.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [RAQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wawr.md) Sugimanuru Airport · 80 km / 50 mi
- [WNI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wawd.md) Matahora Airport · 120 km / 75 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: “Betoambari Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Betoambari_Airport&oldid=1367498005), revision of 3 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/wawb/data