List of airports in Papua New Guinea

This is a list of airports in Papua New Guinea, sorted by location.

Map of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands (the western portion of the island is a part of the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua). It is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in a region defined since the early 19th century as Melanesia. The capital is Port Moresby.

The country has 22 province-level divisions: 20 provinces, one autonomous region (Bougainville) and the National Capital District. Each province has one or more districts, and each district has one or more local level government (LLG) areas.

Airports

Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.

Location served	Province	ICAO	IATA	Airport name	Coordinates
Scheduled service
Alotau	Milne Bay	AYGN	GUR	Gurney Airport	10°18.7′S 150°20.35′E
Awaba	Western	AYAW	AWB	Awaba Airport	08°00.86′S 142°45.06′E
Baimuru	Gulf	AYBA	VMU	Baimuru Airport	07°29.69′S 144°49.36′E
Balimo	Western	AYBM	OPU	Balimo Airport	08°03.07′S 142°56.42′E
Bosset	Western	AYET	BOT	Bosset Airport	07°14.45′S 141°05.54′E
Buka	Bougainville	AYBK	BUA	Buka Airport	05°25.29′S 154°40.49′E
Bulolo	Morobe	AYBU	BUL	Bulolo Airport	07°13.05′S 146°38.92′E
Daru	Western	AYDU	DAU	Daru Airport	09°05.25′S 143°12.5′E
Efogi	Central	AYEF	EFG	Efogi Airport	09°09.34′S 147°39.60′E
Fane	Central	AYFA	FNE	Fane Airport	08°33.07′S 147°05.11′E
Goroka	Eastern Highlands	AYGA	GKA	Goroka Airport	06°04.9′S 145°23.45′E
Hoskins	West New Britain	AYHK	HKN	Hoskins Airport (Kimbe Airport)	05°27.62′S 150°24.06′E
Itokama	Oro (Northern)	AYIK	ITK	Itokama Airport	09°12.01′S 148°15.88′E
Kagi	Central	AYKQ	KGW	Kagi Airport	09°08.22′S 147°40.2′E
Kamusi	Gulf	AYKS	KUY	Kamusi Airport	07°25.39′S 143°07.26′E
Kavieng	New Ireland	AYKV	KVG	Kavieng Airport	02°34.52′S 150°49.05′E
Kerema	Gulf	AYKM	KMA	Kerema Airport	07°57.9′S 145°46.22′E
Kikori	Gulf	AYKK	KRI	Kikori Airport	07°25.52′S 144°14.87′E
Kiunga	Western	AYKI	UNG	Kiunga Airport	06°07.45′S 141°17.15′E
Kokoda	Oro (Northern)	AYKO	KKD	Kokoda Airport	08°53.38′S 147°43.8′E
Kunaye / Londolovit	New Ireland	AYKY	LNV	Lihir Island Airport (Kunaye / Londolovit)	03°02.57′S 152°37.64′E
Kundiawa	Simbu (Chimbu)	AYCH	CMU	Chimbu Airport	06°01.75′S 144°58.07′E
Lae	Morobe	AYNZ	LAE	Lae Nadzab Airport	06°34.27′S 146°43.54′E
Lake Murray	Western	AYLM	LMY	Lake Murray Airport	07°00.49′S 141°29.54′E
Lorengau	Manus	AYMO	MAS	Momote Airport	02°03.51′S 147°25.26′E
Losuia, Kiriwina Island	Milne Bay	AYKA	LSA	Losuia Airport (Kiriwina Airport)	08°30.65′S 151°05′E
Madang	Madang	AYMD	MAG	Madang Airport	05°12.6′S 145°47.22′E
Manari (Manare)	Central	AYMA	MRM	Manari Airport	09°11.53′S 147°37.25′E
Mendi	Southern Highlands	AYMN	MDU	Mendi Airport	06°08.96′S 143°39.36′E
Milei	Central	AYEI		Milei Airport	09°04.81′S 147°36.17′E
Misima Island	Milne Bay	AYMS	MIS	Misima Airport	10°41.44′S 152°50.13′E
Moro	Southern Highlands	AYMR	MXH	Moro Airport	06°21.75′S 143°13.86′E
Mount Hagen	Western Highlands	AYMH	HGU	Mount Hagen Airport (Kagamuga Airport)	05°49.84′S 144°17.99′E
Nomad River	Western	AYNR	NOM	Nomad River Airport	06°17.62′S 142°13.98′E
Obo	Western	AYOB	OBX	Obo Airport	07°35.43′S 141°19.34′E
Ononge	Central	AYQQ	ONB	Ononge Airport	08°40.49′S 147°15.66′E
Popondetta	Oro (Northern)	AYGR	PNP	Girua Airport (Popondetta Airport)	08°48.35′S 148°18.41′E
Port Moresby	National Capital District	AYPY	POM	Jacksons International Airport (Port Moresby)	09°27.27′S 147°12.85′E
Rabaul / Kokopo	East New Britain	AYTK	RAB	Tokua Airport (Rabaul Airport)	04°20.49′S 152°22.67′E
Sasereme	Gulf	AYSS	TDS	Sasereme Airport	07°37′22″S 142°52′8″E
Suki	Western	AYSU	SKC	Suki Airport	08°02.97′S 141°43.5′E
Tabubil	Western	AYTB	TBG	Tabubil Airport	05°16.67′S 141°13.56′E
Tapini	Central	AYTI	TPI	Tapini Airport	08°21.38′S 146°59.11′E
Tari	Hela	AYTA	TIZ	Tari Airport	05°50.66′S 142°56.8′E
Tufi	Oro (Northern)	AYTU	TFI	Tufi Airport	09°04.64′S 149°19.16′E
Vanimo	Sandaun (West Sepik)	AYVN	VAI	Vanimo Airport	02°41.29′S 141°17.87′E
Wabo	Gulf	AYWB	WAO	Wabo Airport	07°00′S 145°04′E
Wanigela	Oro (Northern)	AYWG	AGL	Wanigela Airport	09°20.34′S 149°09.42′E
Wapenamanda	Enga	AYWD	WBM	Wapenamanda Airport	05°38.26′S 143°53.52′E
Wewak	East Sepik	AYWK	WWK	Wewak Airport	03°35.1′S 143°40.05′E
Wipim	Western	AYXP	WPM	Wipim Airport	08°47.36′S 142°52.86′E
Woitape	Central	AYWT	WTP	Woitape Airport	08°32.86′S 147°15.12′E
Other airports/airfields
Abau	Central		ABW	Abau Airport
Agaun	Milne Bay	AYAG	AUP	Agaun Airport	09°55.85′S 149°23.14′E
Aiambak	Western	AYAK	AIH	Aiambak Airport	07°20.55′S 141°15.99′E
Aiome	Gulf	AYAO	AIE	Aiome Airport	5°08′32″S 144°43′55″E
Aiyura	Eastern Highlands	AYAY	AYU	Aiyura Airport	06°20.02′S 145°53.98′E
Bensbach	Western	AYBH	BSP	Bensbach Airport	08°51.38′S 141°15.36′E
Biangabip	Western	AYBQ	BPK	Biangabip Airport	05°31′35″S 141°44′40″E
Cape Gloucester	West New Britain	AYCG	CGC	Cape Gloucester Airport	05°27′S 148°26.5′E
Finschhafen	Morobe	AYFI	FIN	Finschhafen Airport	06°37.43′S 147°51.19′E
Gasmata	West New Britain	AYGT	GMI	Gasmata Airport	06°16.5′S 150°20′E
Mok	West New Britain	AYMK	MOK	Mok Airport	05°43.812′S 149°3.39′E
Gusap	Morobe	AYGP	GAP	Gusap Airport	06°03′S 145°55.7′E
Haelogo	Central	AYHG	HEO	Haelogo Airport	09°08.25′S 147°35.97′E
Ihu	Gulf	AYIH	IHU	Ihu Airport	07°54.01′S 145°24.01′E
Jacquinot Bay	East New Britain	AYJB	JAQ	Jacquinot Bay Airport	05°39′S 151°30′E
Kandrian	West New Britain	AYKC	KDR	Kandrian Airport	06°12.5′S 149°32.5′E
Karimui-Nomane District	Chimbu	AYRI	KMR	Karimui Airport	06°29′35″S 144°49′31″E
Kieta	Bougainville	AYIQ	KIE	Kieta Aropa Airport	06°18.2′S 155°43.4′E
Manguna	East New Britain	AYNG	MFO	Manguna Airport	05°34.95′S 151°47.55′E
Nissan Island	Bougainville	AYIA	IIS	Nissan Island Airport	04°30′S 154°13.5′E
Saidor	Madang	AYSD	SDI	Saidor Airport	05°37.59′S 146°27.5′E
Salamo	Milne Bay		SAM	Salamo Airport	09°40.28′S 150°47.35′E
Samberigi	Southern Highlands	AYSM		Samberigi Airport	06°43.33′S 143°56.12′E
Sangapi	Gulf	AYSK	SGK	Sangapi Airport	05°07′30″S 144°19′23″E
Tadji / Aitape	Sandaun (West Sepik)	AYTJ	TAJ	Tadji Airport (Aitape Airport)	03°11.94′S 142°25.7′E
Talasea	West New Britain	AYVL	TLW	Talasea Airport	05°16.21′S 150°05.32′E
Vivigani, Goodenough Is.	Milne Bay		VIV	Vivigani Airfield	09°18.52′S 150°19.28′E
Former airports/airfields
Lae	Morobe	AYLA		Lae Airfield (closed 1980s)
Namatanai	New Ireland	AYNX	ATN	Namatanai Airport (closed 2000s)	03°40′S 152°26.5′E
Rabaul	East New Britain	AYRB		Rabaul Airport (destroyed 1994)

See also

• Air Niugini destinations
• Airlines PNG#Destinations
• Boridi
• Transport in Papua New Guinea
• List of airports by ICAO code: A#AY - Papua New Guinea
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Oceania#Papua New Guinea
• List of the busiest airports in Oceania

References

• "ICAO Location Indicators by State" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. 2006-01-12.
• "UN Location Codes: Papua New Guinea". UN/LOCODE 2009-1. UNECE. 2009-09-23. – includes IATA codes
• Great Circle Mapper: Airports in Papua New Guinea – IATA and ICAO codes
• World Aero Data: Airports in Papua New Guinea^[usurped] – ICAO codes
• PNG Airstrip Guide – coordinates
• United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea: Airports". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.