Cakung Airport is an unattended airport

Airport

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 located 6.5 km (4 mi) west of Baucau

Baucau

Baucau is the second-largest city in East Timor, after Dili, the capital, which lies 122 km east of Dili.Baucau has about 16,000 inhabitants, and is the capital of Baucau, located in the eastern part of the country...

, a city in East Timor

East Timor

The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor...

 (Timor-Leste).

Under Portuguese rule, Baucau Airport, which has a much longer runway than Dili

Dili

Dili, spelled Díli in Portuguese, is the capital, largest city, chief port and commercial centre of East Timor.-Geography and Administration:Dili lies on the northern coast of Timor island, the easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands....

's Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport

Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport

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 was used for international flights, including those of Trans Australia Airlines

Trans Australia Airlines

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 from Australia

Australia

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. Following the Indonesian invasion in 1975, this was taken over by the Indonesian military and closed to civilian traffic.