Douw Aturure Airport — Nabire, Indonesia

Douw Aturure Airport, coded NBX, serves Nabire on the northern coast of Indonesia's Papua province, a region known for dense rainforest and limited road connectivity. The airport functions as a vital link for the town and surrounding highlands, handling passenger and cargo flights operated by domestic Indonesian carriers using turboprop and narrow-body aircraft. Nabire sits near Cenderawasih Bay, an area popular for diving and marine biodiversity, and NBX supports both local commerce and the modest tourism trade tied to the bay. Given Papua's rugged terrain, air transport remains essential for moving goods and people where overland routes are impractical or nonexistent, making NBX a lifeline airport rather than a leisure gateway.