Rokot Airport

{{short description|Airport in Indonesia}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = Rokot Airport

| nativename = Bandar Udara Rokot

| image = MentawaiAirport2.jpg

| IATA = RKI

| ICAO = WIBR

| type = Public

| owner = Government of Indonesia

| operator = Directorate General of Civil Aviation

| city-served = Mentawai Islands

| location = Sipora Selatan, Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra

| elevation-f =

| elevation-m = 9

| timezone = WIB

| utc = UTC+07:00

| coordinates = {{coord|-2.1001|99.7044|region:ID-SB|display=inline,title}}

| image_map = LocationSumatra.svg

| image_map_caption = Sumatra region in Indonesia

| pushpin_map = Indonesia Sumatra#Indonesia

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in West Sumatra / Indonesia

| pushpin_label = RKI/WIBR

| pushpin_label_position = top

| website =

| metric-rwy = y

| r1-number = 14/32

| r1-length-m = 1500

| r1-length-f =

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| footnotes = Source: Directorate General of Civil Aviation{{Cite web |title=Bandar Udara Mentawai|url=https://hubud.kemenhub.go.id/hubud/website/bandara/95|publisher=Ministry of Transportation|language=id |access-date=29 March 2025}}

| r2-number = 17/35

| r2-length-m = 900

| r2-length-f = 2789

| r2-surface = Asphalt

}}

Rokot Airport {{airport codes|RKI|WIBR}}, also known as Mentawai Airport, is an airport located in Sipora, Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra, serving Tuapeijat, the largest town in the Mentawai Islands. The airport serves as the primary gateway to the Mentawai Islands. It currently operates only regional flights to and from Padang, the provincial capital of West Sumatra.

The airport was built and completed in 1980. It originally had a 900 × 23 meter runway. However, due to erosion near the shoreline, the airport was at risk of sinking. The runway, which was originally around 900 meters long, has eroded to approximately 800 meters.{{Cite web |last=Adriansyah |first=Taufiq Dali |title=Kenali Bandara Rokot, Aset Pulau Mentawai yang Pernah Terancam Tenggelam - Harian Haluan |url=https://www.harianhaluan.com/news/1010631096/kenali-bandara-rokot-aset-pulau-mentawai-yang-pernah-terancam-tenggelam |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=Kenali Bandara Rokot, Aset Pulau Mentawai yang Pernah Terancam Tenggelam - Harian Haluan |language=id}} This is due to the close proximity between the runway and the shoreline. In addition to coastal erosion, the airport is also at risk of submersion due to local communities extracting coral stones for house construction.

To accommodate the growing passenger traffic to the Mentawai Islands, a new terminal and runway were built and completed on October 25, 2023, at a cost of approximately 547 million Rupiah.{{Cite web |last=Arieza |first=Ulfa |date=25 October 2023 |title=Diresmikan Jokowi, Ketahui 6 Fakta Bandara Mentawai Sumatera Barat |url=https://travel.kompas.com/read/2023/10/25/164537827/diresmikan-jokowi-ketahui-6-fakta-bandara-mentawai-sumatera-barat?page=all |website=kompas.com |publisher=Kompas}} They were inaugurated by President Joko Widodo, replacing the old terminal and runway, which were at risk due to erosion and could only accommodate small aircraft as they could not be extended further.{{cite web |date=16 September 2011 |title=Bandara Rokot Terancam Tenggelam |url=http://www.antaranews.com/berita/275757/bandara-rokot-terancam-tenggelam |access-date=2012-12-22 |work=ANTARA}}