Timor-Leste Aviation
Key airport information may also be found at: World Aero Data information on Timor-Leste
For information on Timor-Leste Airport compmany contact details, please see the following link:
4.5 Timor-Leste Airport Company Contact List
Timor-Leste
Government Website
The Timor-Leste government owns all aerodromes including in the
Oecussi enclave and the Dili Heliport. Aerodromes/heliport
operating hours are restricted to daylight hours as published.
The Civil Aviation Division (CAD) operates Presidente Nicolau
Lobato International Airport and is currently under the umbrella of
the airport directorate, administrative procedures are underway to
create a civil aviation authority that is separate from the Airport
directorate, and is due to be in place by early 2010.
Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport and Baucau/Cakung
aerodromes are designated as international aerodromes. However,
Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport presently is the
only aerodrome authorized by CAD for regular commercial operations
on a charter basis.
Operators intending to operate international flights to Baucau
aerodrome, including flights in support of UNMIT or others, must
obtain prior approval from the CAD, which will consider requests on
a case-by-case basis. Aerodrome operating minima are not
established. Operators shall establish aerodrome operating minima
for each of the aerodromes to which they operate into in accordance
with the provisions of as established by CAD. There are no visual
signals are available at the aerodromes.
Night operations generally are not permitted at the aerodromes;
however, the CAD may permit night operations for emergency purposes
only, such as for urgent medical evacuation or mercy flights and
training flights.
The grounds of Timorese aerodromes are divided into two zones as
follows:
a) Public zone comprising that part of the aerodrome opened to
public;
b) Restricted zone comprising the rest of the aerodrome.
For emergency/mercy flights; access to the restricted zone is
authorized in accordance with aviation regulations and
rules/conditions laid down by the aerodrome authority.
A number of additional airstrips and helicopter landing sites exist throughout Timor-Leste but these have not been assessed by CAD as suitable for civil aircraft operations.
Procedures for Foreign Registered Aircraft
In Timor-Leste., the following requirements need to be applied,
presented and approved before preposition of foreign registered
aircraft:
A formal letter of request for registration of foreign aircraft is
required to be submitted to the Civil Aviation Division (CAD),
approvals are granted pending satisfactory outcome of a physical
inspection of the aircraft. Foreign pilots wanting to operate in
Timor-Leste are required to submit a written request to CAD and
show proof of valid license.
For information on Timor-Leste Humanitarian Carriers, please see the following document:
Timor-Leste Humanitarian Carriers
Note: The information provided in the attached documents, which has been taken from the old DLCA, does not match the structure of the new LCA and is therefore provided separately.