Baucau Airport

Baucau Airport
Aeroporto de Baucau (Portuguese)
Aeroportu Baukau (Tetum)
Summary
Airport typeMilitary / Public
Owner/OperatorGovernment of Timor-Leste
ServesBaucau, Timor-Leste
LocationBahú, Baucau
OpenedMay 1947 (1947-05)
Time zoneTLT (+09:00)
Elevation AMSL1,777 ft / 542 m
Coordinates08°29′06″S 126°23′56″E / 8.48500°S 126.39889°E / -8.48500; 126.39889
Map
BCH/WPEC
Location of airport in Timor-Leste
BCH/WPEC
Location of airport in Timor
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 2,509 8,233 Asphalt
Sources: AIP Timor-Leste, DAFIF, WFP

Baucau Airport (Portuguese: Aeroporto de Baucau, Tetum: Aeroportu Baukau, IATA: BCH, ICAO: WPEC), formerly Cakung Airport, is an unattended and mostly unused airport near Baucau, Timor-Leste. It is the largest airport in Timor-Leste and has a much longer runway than Dili's Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport, long enough to handle large commercial airliners.