AirportsAA Bere Tallo (Haliwen) Airport is a small airport serving Atambua, in Nusa Tenggara Timur (East Nusa Tenggara), Indonesia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is ABU.
Key facts
- IATA code
- ABU
- ICAO code
- WATA
- City
- Atambua
- State or region
- Nusa Tenggara Timur (East Nusa Tenggara)
- Country
- Indonesia
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 9.0748° S, 124.9033° E
- Elevation
- 313 m (1,027 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,200 m (3,937 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, ABU means AA Bere Tallo (Haliwen) Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: WATA. ICAO codes that begin with W belong to Indonesia, Malaysia and nearby island countries. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 9.0748° S, 124.9033° E. It stands 313 metres (1,027 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Dili, about 93 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Makassar, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
AA Bere Tallo (Haliwen) Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,200 metres (3,937 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 111 airports of Indonesia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 93.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 1,200 m 3,937 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Commander in Chief of FALINTIL, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, International AirportSuai, Timor-Leste | UAI | 49 km |
| Oecusse Route of the Sandalwood International AirportOecussi-Ambeno, Timor-Leste | OEC | 64 km |
| Presidente Nicolau Lobato International AirportDili, Timor-Leste | DIL | 90 km |
| Alor Island - Mali AirportKabola | ARD | 110 km |
| Baucau AirportBaucau, Timor-Leste | BCH | 177 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,619 km | 8 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,505 km | 8 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 8,430 km | 10 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 13,193 km | 16 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 16,051 km | 19 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 13,024 km | 16 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 2,590 km | 3 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,202 km | 6 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 3,853 km | 5 h 10 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.