Transport in Timor Leste

Transport in East Timor - transport in the Republic of East Timor includes transport infrastructure: roads, airports and seaports, as well as vehicles and transport companies.

Runway at Baucau

The main mode of transport in East Timor is automobile . The country has about 6040 km of roads, of which 2600 km are paved and 3440 km are unpaved. One sea cargo port in Dili . There are no railways in East Timor.

The most common form of public transport in Timor Leste is a mikrolet or Bémo, an analogue of a fixed-route taxi . In addition to them, there are also large Biskota buses that connect the most important cities, such as Lospalos , Baucau and Dili. Both types of buses are constantly crowded with people.

Indonesian-style vans, minibuses and Angunas, open body trucks, which are the most popular for intercity traffic, also run between the cities of the republic.

Dili is served by the only international airport in East Timor - President Nicolau Lobatu International Airport. There are also several runways in Baucau ^[1] and DAFIF ^{[2] [3]} , Suai and Okussi , they are used for domestic flights. Until recently, at Dili airport, the runway was not able to receive a plane larger than the Boeing 737 or C-130 Hercules , but in January 2008, the Portuguese airline EuroAtlantic Airways used a Boeing 757 for a direct flight from Lisbon , delivering 140 members of the Republican National Guard of Portugal. During the reign of Portugal, the Baucau airport, which has a longer runway, was used for international flights, but after the invasion of Indonesia, the Indonesian military occupied it and was closed to civilian transport.