A. A. Bere Tallo Airport

A.A. Bere Tallo Airport (IATA: ABU, ICAO: WATA), formerly known as Haliwen Airport, is a domestic airport serving Atambua, the capital of Belu Regency on the island of Timor in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The airport is named after Alfonsius Andreas Bere Tallo, the first regent of Belu Regency, while the former name is named after the district where the airport is located. It is currently one of only two airports in West Timor with regular scheduled flights, the other being the larger and busier El Tari International Airport in Kupang. Located approximately 4 km (2.5 miles) from Atambua town center, the airport serves as a key gateway to Atambua and Belu Regency. Currently, it is served by a single scheduled route to Kupang, operated by Wings Air. Previously, the airport offered routes to Kisar and Dili operated by Merpati Nusantara Airlines; however, all of these services have since been discontinued.

Haliwen Airfield was originally constructed by the Japanese during their occupation of the Dutch East Indies in 1942 as a military airfield at the height of World War II, intended to support operations against Allied forces. Previously, a small aerodrome existed at Atambua, used by the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) prior to the Battle of Timor. However, it was little more than a quagmire and proved unsuitable for operations, rendering it ineffective in resisting the advancing Japanese forces. The airfield initially featured an 800-meter grass runway. Throughout the war, the airfield was repeatedly targeted and bombed by Allied forces due to its strategic nature. Following the war, the airfield was taken over by the Indonesian Air Force and closed to civilian traffic, functioning only as an emergency airstrip. In 1972, the runway was extended to 900 meters and upgraded with a stone surface. In 1974, the first aircraft operated by Merpati Nusantara Airlines landed at the airfield, followed in 1979 by services from Mission Aviation Fellowship. The airfield was officially inaugurated for civil aviation use in 1976; however, at the time, it was limited to non-scheduled flights. In April 1983, Merpati Nusantara Airlines launched a pioneering round-trip r

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