Bayana International Airport, officially Bayana Nasim Shahid International Airport (Portuguese: Aeroporto Internacional de Bayana Nasim Shahid) (Masei: Bandar Longit ong Modunya ni Bayana ni Nasim Shahid) (IATA: BYA, ICAO: WYBA) is the main international airport serving Bayana, the capital and largest city of Maseida. It is located in the southeast of the city

Bayana Nasim Shahid International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de Bayana Nasim Shahid Bandar Longit ong Modunya ni Bayana ni Nasim Shahid
IATA: BYA ICAO: WYBA
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Aeroportos de Maseida
Serves	Bayana
Location	Aeroporto district, Bayana, Maseida
Opened	10 January 2020; 6 years ago (2020-01-10)
Hub for	Bayana Airways Bluewings Jetair Maseida MIA Maseida Airlines
Time zone	{{{timezone}}} (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL	24 m / 70 ft
Coordinates	4°15′26″N 122°7′10″E / 4.25722°N 122.11944°E / 4.25722; 122.11944 4° 15′ 26″ N, 122° 7′ 10″ E
Website	byaairport.com
Interactive map of Bayana Nasim Shahid International Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 18L/36R 4,000 13,123 Asphalt 18R/36L 4,000 13,123 Asphalt

Before the airport's opening, Bayana used to be served by the main international Ilisantan Airport and smaller domestic Salug Kolang Airport. Since the end of the Maseidan civil war in 1977, Maseida has seen a steady increase of demand for international travel, but since both airports were fully surrounded by city, they were unable to expand and keep up with such increase.

In 2007, the parliament of Maseida first formally considered building a new international airport to replace the other two. The project was formally announced in 2010 and a site in the southeast of the Bayana Region was chosen, with construction starting in 2013. In 2018, it was decided to name the airport after Maseidan revolutionary and president of the short-lived first Republic of Maseida Nasim Shahid.

Tthe airport was inaugurated on 10 January 2020. The first flight to land at the new airport was Singapore Airlines Flight 980, a Boeing 777-200ER, from Changi Airport in Singapore. Ilisantan and Salug Kolang were both formally closed the next day on the 11th.

MIA Maseida Airlines is the state-owned flag carrier of Maseida. The airline is headquartered near the now former Ilisantan International Airport in the country's capital Bayana. The airline's primary is hub is Bayana International Airport, with a secondary hub at Seangati International Airport in Arepura.

MIA Maseida Airlines

MIA Maseida Airlines Boeing 787-9
IATA ICAO Call sign MW MSD MASEIDA
Founded	July 20, 2010 (2010-07-20)
Commenced operations	January 31, 2011 (2011-01-31)
Hubs	Bayana International Airport
Secondary hubs	Seangati International Airport
Frequent-flyer program	MIAPlus
Fleet size	25
Destinations	42
Headquarters	MIA Complex, Ilisantan district, Bayana, Maseida
Key people	Abdul Hussein bin Sayid (CEO)
Website	www.miaair.com.mi

After the fall of national carrier LAMA Linhas Aéreas de Maseida in 1992 and the 1993 Maseidan coup d'état, Maseida's aviation industry became privatised. The in 1993 founded Maseidan Airways unofficially served the role of flag carrier for the coming years, but after the high profile crash of Maseidan Airways Flight 517 in 1997, which was largely attributed to negligence from the company and aviation authorities at the time, the Shahidist government which reinstalled itself in the 1998 Maseidan coup d'état initially found the brand to be unsuitable to serve as flag carrier. Instead, in 2000 Maseida International Airlines was founded by the government to be the new national carrier. However, Maseidan Airways still stayed dominant in the international market for the following years and in 2007 the company was bought by the goverment, who intended to eventually merge it with Maseida International. In January of 2010, the new carrier was formally announced as MIA Maseida Airlines, with the name MIA being taken from Maseida International Airlines, and the logo being taken from Maseidan Airways. The IATA code MW and ICAO code MSD were both taken from Maseidan Airways. On 20 July 2010, the new company was formally founded, and on 31 January 2011 it started operations, inheriting the fleet of both Maseidan Airways and Maseida International, which both formally ceased operations on the same day.

MIA initially largely retained the route network of the two former companies. However, in 2012 several unprofitable destinations in Southeast Asia such as Nha Trang, Phuket and Yogyakarta were cut and swapped out for destinations in East Asia such as Busan, Fuzhou and Shenzhen. Later in 2012, the airline changed its flagship route to Lisbon, now using Istanbul as stopover point instead of Bangkok.

In 2016, new routes to Sydney and Perth in Australia were started, however the Perth route was cut in 2017 due to poor loads. In 2018, the airline further expanded in East Asia, opening new routes to Fukuoka in Japan and Nanjing in China. In 2019, the airline announced an order for 10 Airbus A321neo aircraft and 5 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, intended to eventually replace its aging fleet.

On 10 January of 2020, the airline moved its primary hub from Ilisantan International Airport to the new Bayana International Airport, which opened the same day. In March, all airlines of Maseida were forced to temporarily cease all international operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. MIA and its domestic sister airline Bluewings became the only airlines permitted to operate vital domestic flights. Later in 2020, the airline began recommencing international routes and by 2022, the airline was active again on most of its pre-COVID route network.

In 2021, the airline received its first Airbus A321neo. In 2022, the airline ceased flights to Istanbul and instead started flying to Lisbon via Frankfurt. In April of 2023, the airline received its first Boeing 787. In 2025, the airline's flagship route to Lisbon was again altered to now use its original stopover point of Bangkok, with flights to Frankfurt terminated.

As of August 2025^[update], MIA Maseida Airlines operates the following aircraft:

• On 2 October 2018, during the Mujahideen takeover of the island of Selacã, members of the organisation fired at a parked Airbus A320-200, registration DD-MDC, which had just arrived from Bayana as Flight 1088. The aircraft suffered minor damage and was repaired and returned to service about four months after the incident.