# Babo Airport (BXB)

> Babo, ID · IATA: BXB · ICAO: WASO · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `BXB` |
| ICAO | `WASO` |
| City | Babo |
| Country | ID |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 3 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | -2.53224, 133.43900 |

## Description

Oil and gas activity around the BP Tangguh LNG project defines what Babo Airport is for, not cargo throughput. The field on Bintuni Bay in West Papua began as a Japanese wartime airstrip and was returned to service for the LNG development, a rehabilitation that in 2002 required clearing roughly 360 live wartime bombs from the site. Its runway was extended from 950 to about 1,300 metres in 2014, which still caps traffic at ATR 72 and Twin Otter class aircraft. BXB carries subsidised Perintis services and energy-sector charters; there is no commercial cargo terminal and no scheduled freight. Supplies arrive mainly by coastal shipping or as belly load on light aircraft, while heavier air freight consolidates through Manokwari (MKW, some 200 km north-east) or Sorong (SOQ, about 300 km north-west) and ultimately Makassar (UPG). No significant road corridor connects Bintuni Bay to the rest of West Papua, so water and air remain the only practical modes. Forwarders should read BXB as a remote feeder tied to resource projects rather than a handling point.

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