Andi Jemma Airport
Airport in Sulawesi Island, Indonesia
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Andi Jemma Airport (Indonesian: Bandara Andi Jemma) (IATA: MXB, ICAO: WAWM) is an airport near Masamba, the capital city of North Luwu Regency in the province of South Sulawesi on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.[3]
AirporttypePublic
OperatorGovernment
ServesMasamba
LocationNorth Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi, Sulawesi Island, Indonesia
Andi Jemma Airport Bandara Andi Jemma | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Government | ||||||||||
| Serves | Masamba | ||||||||||
| Location | North Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi, Sulawesi Island, Indonesia | ||||||||||
| Time zone | WITA (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 55 m (180 ft) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 02°33′35″S 120°19′50.01″E[1] | ||||||||||
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  MXB Location of the airport in Sulawesi | |||||||||||
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Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 55 metres (180 ft) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 02/20 with an asphalt surface measuring 900 by 23 metres (2,953 ft × 75 ft).
Since August 2014, the service was left to a state-owned enterprise in charge of the management of several airports in eastern Indonesia, namely PT. Angkasa Pura 1 (Persero) and the Government of North Luwu Regency (begins division in August 2014).
Airlines and destinations
Accidents and incidents
- On 2 October 2015, an Aviastar DHC-6 Twin Otter, registered as PK-BRM, operating Aviastar Flight 7503 with three crew members and seven passengers on board, crashed near Palopo 11 minutes after takeoff. There were no survivors. The flight was taking off from Andi Jemma Airport for Makassar. The passengers were four adults, two children, and a baby.[5]
