Labuan Bajo infrastructure: how the gateway town is officially measured

Labuan Bajo’s gateway system is centred on Komodo Airport for scheduled air access and the town’s port network for sea connections, while official statistics track transport, tourism and local economic activity separately. The clearest public baseline is BPS Manggarai Barat’s annual statistical publication, complemented by transport-agency information on Komodo Airport.

What is the main official source for Labuan Bajo’s infrastructure?

BPS Manggarai Barat’s Manggarai Barat Regency in Figures 2025 was released on February 28, 2025, and provides the district’s official statistical baseline. It covers the regency that includes Labuan Bajo and presents data across government, population, infrastructure, transport and the economy, according to BPS Manggarai Barat, 2025.

How is transport measured?

BPS’s transport statistics framework covers air, road, inland-waterway and sea transport, including infrastructure, traffic flows, passenger and freight transport, safety and transport companies, according to BPS Manggarai Barat’s statistical-table description, 2025.

That means airport and port activity should be read as different parts of a wider transport system rather than as one combined traffic figure. The BPS transport page lists the categories but does not itself publish a single Labuan Bajo-wide passenger total.

What does the airport’s official description show?

Komodo Airport is classified as an aerodrome code 4C facility, with a runway measuring 2250 m x 45 m, according to a Ministry of Transportation procurement document, 2026.

The same document says the airport’s scheduled aircraft movements can reach 28 take-offs and landings per day and that private jets are served almost every day, according to the Ministry of Transportation, 2026. These are operational descriptions, not a forecast of annual passenger demand.

Why does the distinction matter for daily life?

Labuan Bajo’s access infrastructure serves different flows: aviation data describe aircraft operations, while port and road data concern other modes. BPS’s 2025 framework therefore provides a way to separate these movements when assessing pressure on the gateway town.

For readers, the practical distinction is that an airport movement count cannot be treated as a passenger count, and a district-wide statistic cannot automatically be interpreted as a figure for Labuan Bajo alone.

Sources

• BPS-Statistics Indonesia Manggarai Barat Regency
• Ministry