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Wahai Airport
Wahai, Indonesia
Wahai Airport
Remote gateway to Seram Island in eastern Indonesia.
- ›Located on the northern coast of Seram Island in Maluku Province.
- ›Serves one of the more remote and sparsely populated areas of eastern Indonesia.
- ›The airport is designated as a domestic facility with no international services.
- ›Seram Island is known for its biodiversity and is part of the Manusela National Park region.
- ›Air transport is critical for this community due to limited overland infrastructure.
Wahai Airport is a small domestic airstrip serving Wahai, a coastal town on the northern shore of Seram Island in Maluku Province, Indonesia. It provides a vital air link for communities otherwise dependent on slow sea crossings across the Ceram Sea. The airport plays an essential role in connecting this remote region to provincial and national networks.
- Main Terminal — A modest single-room domestic terminal handling limited scheduled and charter flights.
- Ojek (motorcycle taxi) available outside the terminal
- Shared minivan (angkot) to Wahai town centre
- Private car hire arranged through local contacts
- Penginapan Wahai (local guesthouse)
- Losmen Seram (budget lodging in town)
The airport itself has no formal dining facilities. Wahai town centre offers small warungs serving local Malukan dishes such as papeda, grilled fish, and rice-based meals. Visitors should stock up on snacks before departing as options at the airstrip are extremely limited.
- Confirm your flight schedule well in advance as services to Wahai are infrequent and subject to cancellation.
- Carry sufficient Indonesian rupiah cash as ATMs and card facilities are scarce in Wahai.
- Arrive early as weight and passenger checks on small aircraft can affect boarding order.
- Seram Island's interior roads are rough — arrange onward transport before landing if travelling further inland.
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Central Maluku Regency is a regency of Maluku Province of Indonesia. The Regency covers an area of 11,595.57 km2, and had a population of 361,698 at the 2010 Census, and 423,094 at the 2020 Census. The official estimate as at mid 2025 was 435,735. The principal towns are Masohi and Amahai, both located on Seram Island. The regency (kebupaten) is composed of the central part of the island of Seram, the Banda Islands, and the Lease Islands, together with those parts of Ambon Island which are outside the City of Ambon.
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