# Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport (DIL / WPDL)

**Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport** (IATA: DIL, ICAO: WPDL) is a large airport in Dili, Timor-Leste. It has one runway, 1,849 m (6,065 ft) long, asphalt. In 2021 it handled 25 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DIL / WPDL
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Dili, Timor-Leste
- Elevation: 47 m / 154 ft
- Coordinates: -8.5466, 125.5245
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,849 m / 6,065 ft
- Passengers: 24,526 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Dili
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidente_Nicolau_Lobato_International_Airport (19 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432488
- Weather station: WPDL
- Ident: WPDL

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 1,849 m / 6,065 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 077° / 257° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 125,722 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 149,962 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 151,488 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 181,514 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 187,282 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 183,258 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 232,270 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 246,600 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 245,514 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 187,032 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 40,735 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 24,526 | Wikidata |

## Routes

7 destinations in 6 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (7)

- [OEC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wpoc.md) Oecusse Route of the Sandalwood International Airport · Timor-Leste · 149 km / 93 mi · Aero Dili
- [DRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypdn.md) Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin · Australia · 727 km / 452 mi · QantasLink, Airnorth, Aero Dili
- [DPS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wadd.md) Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport · Indonesia · 1,139 km / 708 mi · Citilink, Aero Dili
- [SIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wsss.md) Singapore Changi Airport · Singapore · 2,628 km / 1,633 mi · Aero Dili
- [KUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkk.md) Kuala Lumpur International Airport · Malaysia · 2,924 km / 1,817 mi · Aero Dili, Batik Air Malaysia
- [XMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsam.md) Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport · China · 3,766 km / 2,340 mi · Aero Dili
- [FOC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsfz.md) Fuzhou Changle International Airport · China · 3,885 km / 2,414 mi · Aero Dili

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (5)

- [Aero Dili](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aero-dili) · 7
- TL [Airnorth](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airnorth) · 1
- OD [Batik Air Malaysia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/batik-air-malaysia) · 1
- QG [Citilink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/citilink) · 1
- QF [QantasLink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantaslink) · 1

Former hub of [Air Timor](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-timor), [Timor Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/timor-air).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 25K (2021) | #2,368 of 3,974 | #729 in Asia |  |
| Longest runway | 1,849 m / 6,065 ft | =4,460 of 29,858 | #1,182 in Asia | #3 in TL |
| Elevation | 47 m / 154 ft | =35,165 of 43,403 | =2,101 in Asia | #6 in TL |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in TL |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | COMORO APP/TWR | 122.900 |
| GND | COMORO GND | 133.900 |
| MISC | PCL | 125.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [UAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wpdb.md) Commander in Chief of FALINTIL, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, International Airport · 88 km / 55 mi
- [BCH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wpec.md) Baucau Airport · 97 km / 60 mi
- [OEC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wpoc.md) Oecusse Route of the Sandalwood International Airport · 149 km / 93 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: “Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Presidente_Nicolau_Lobato_International_Airport&oldid=1374090925), revision of 9 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/wpdl/data