AirportsObo Airport is a small airport serving Obo, in Western Province, Papua New Guinea. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is OBX.
Key facts
- IATA code
- OBX
- ICAO code
- AYOB
- City
- Obo
- State or region
- Western Province
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 7.5906° S, 141.3243° E
- Elevation
- 9 m (29 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 600 m (1,969 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, OBX means Obo Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: AYOB. ICAO codes that begin with A belong to the western South Pacific. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 7.5906° S, 141.3243° E. It stands 9 metres (29 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Merauke, about 143 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Jayapura, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Obo Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 600 metres (1,969 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 32 airports of Papua New Guinea on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 32.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 600 m 1,969 ft | 30 m | Grass | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bosset AirportBosset | BOT | 46 km |
| Lake Murray AirportLake Murray | LMY | 67 km |
| Mopah International AirportMerauke, Indonesia | MKQ | 144 km |
| Kiunga AirportKiunga | UNG | 163 km |
| Sasereme AirportSasereme | TDS | 170 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 7,963 km | 10 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 8,061 km | 10 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 9,963 km | 12 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 14,016 km | 17 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,960 km | 18 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,423 km | 14 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,258 km | 5 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,800 km | 6 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 3,100 km | 4 h 15 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
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.