Douw Aturure Nabire Airport (Indonesian: Bandar Udara Douw Aturure Nabire) also called New Nabire Airport (IATA: NBX, ICAO: WABI) is an airport in Wanggar District, Nabire Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia.^[2] This is a newly built airport to replace the old Nabire Airport (also called "Douw Aturure Airport") located in Nabire District, which is located just a few hundred meters away from the city center. The airport is named after Nabire Regent, Isaias Douw, with Douw Aturure being a title given by coastal tribes in Nabire.^[3]

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Douw Aturure Nabire Airport Bandar Udara Douw Aturure Nabire
IATA: NBX ICAO: WABI
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Indonesia
Operator	Government of Indonesia
Serves	Nabire
Location	Wanggar, Nabire Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia
Time zone	WITA (UTC+09:00)
Elevation AMSL	6 m / 20 ft
Coordinates	003°24′2.7468″S 135°23′48.408″E
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NBX Location in Central Papua Show map of Central Papua NBX Location in Western New Guinea Show map of Western New Guinea NBX Location in Indonesia Show map of Indonesia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 18/36[1] 1,600 5,249 Asphalt

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On 23 April 2019, a building in the old Nabire airport caught on fire. There were no casualties, and the operations of the airport following the fire were unaffected.^[4] On 23 November 2023, President Joko Widodo inaugurated the new Douw Aturure Airport alongside Siboru Fakfak Airport. Construction of the new airport took two years from 2020 to 2022, with the runway length of 1600 m and an area of 6,320 m², capable of serving 289,700 passengers each year.^[5]

The following destinations are served from Douw Aturure Airport: