AirportsAranuka Airport is a small airport serving Buariki, in Gilbert Islands, Kiribati. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is AAK.
Key facts
- IATA code
- AAK
- ICAO code
- NGUK
- City
- Buariki
- State or region
- Gilbert Islands
- Country
- Kiribati
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 0.1853° N, 173.6370° E
- Elevation
- 2 m (6 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, AAK means Aranuka Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: NGUK. ICAO codes that begin with N belong to the South Pacific. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 0.1853° N, 173.6370° E. It stands 2 metres (6 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Tarawa, about 147 km away in a straight line.
Local time
Time now at the airport: loading
Time zone Pacific/Tarawa, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
The open data has no runway details for this airport.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bonriki International AirportSouth Tarawa | TRW | 144 km |
| Butaritari AirportButaritari | BBG | 335 km |
| Enejit AirportEnejit Island, Marshall Islands | EJT | 676 km |
| Mili Island AirportMili Island, Marshall Islands | MIJ | 689 km |
| Nauru International AirportYaren, Nauru | INU | 751 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 10,636 km | 13 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 11,132 km | 13 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 12,818 km | 15 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 14,244 km | 17 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,877 km | 14 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 7,978 km | 10 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 7,744 km | 9 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,265 km | 6 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 4,460 km | 5 h 50 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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