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Location
Kalca · PP · Indonesia
Position
-4.364°, 139.835° · 5250 ft elev.
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Remote jungle airstrip serving the highland community of Kalca.
Location
Kalca, Indonesia
Nalca Airstrip (ICAO: WRHI) is a small, remote airstrip located in the highland interior of Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), Indonesia, serving the isolated community of Kalca. The facility supports access to an area that is otherwise reachable only by difficult overland travel through dense tropical terrain.
The airstrip primarily serves light aircraft operations by mission aviation organizations and regional charter services, which are critical lifelines for delivering supplies, medical aid, and personnel to remote communities in the Papuan highlands. Scheduled commercial service is limited or nonexistent.
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Operations are typically conducted by missionary aviation organizations such as Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) and similar charter operators serving remote Papua.
Notable facts
- ›Located in the remote highlands of Papua province, Indonesia.
- ›Access to the community largely depends on air transport due to lack of road infrastructure.
- ›Primarily serves light aircraft and humanitarian/mission aviation operations.
- ›The airstrip plays a vital role in medical evacuation and supply delivery for surrounding villages.
- ›Indonesia's Papua region contains numerous similar remote airstrips supporting isolated communities.
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