# Baucau Airport (BCH / WPEC)

**Baucau Airport** (IATA: BCH, ICAO: WPEC) is a medium airport in Baucau, Timor-Leste. It opened in May 1947. It has one runway, 2,509 m (8,233 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BCH / WPEC
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Baucau, Timor-Leste
- Opened: May 1947 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 540 m / 1,771 ft
- Coordinates: -8.4865, 126.4000
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,509 m / 8,233 ft
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Dili
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baucau_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1430948
- Weather station: WPEC
- Ident: WPEC

## Timeline

- May 1947: Baucau Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 2,509 m / 8,233 ft | 56 m / 182 ft | Asphalt | 142° / 322° | yes |

- 14/32 slopes 1.0%: threshold 14 at 516 m / 1,692 ft, threshold 32 at 542 m / 1,777 ft.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,509 m / 8,233 ft | #2,273 of 29,858 | #721 in Asia | #1 in TL |
| Elevation | 540 m / 1,771 ft | #10,121 of 43,403 | #775 in Asia | #2 in TL |
| Age | Opened 1947 | =2,942 of 15,079 | =172 in Asia |  |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in TL |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | E TIMOR COMMON HIGH | 123.450 |
| INFO | E TIMOR COMMON LOW | 127.100 |

## Nearby airports

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- [WPFL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wpfl.md) Fuiloro Airfield · 65 km / 40 mi
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- [AUT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wpat.md) Atauro Airport · 91 km / 57 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: “Baucau Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baucau_Airport&oldid=1363016921), 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/wpec/data