AirportsBalimo Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Balimo, in Western Province, Papua New Guinea. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is OPU.
Key facts
- IATA code
- OPU
- ICAO code
- AYBM
- City
- Balimo
- State or region
- Western Province
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 8.0500° S, 142.9330° E
- Elevation
- 16 m (51 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, OPU means Balimo Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: AYBM. 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 8.0500° S, 142.9330° E. It stands 16 metres (51 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Daru, about 118 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Pacific/Port Moresby, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sasereme AirportSasereme | TDS | 48 km |
| Daru AirportDaru | DAU | 119 km |
| Saibai Island AirportSaibai Island, Australia | SBR | 152 km |
| Boigu Island AirportBoigu Island, Australia | GIC | 153 km |
| Kikori AirportKikori | KRI | 161 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,139 km | 10 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 8,244 km | 10 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 10,145 km | 12 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 14,145 km | 17 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,890 km | 18 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,302 km | 14 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,442 km | 5 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,859 km | 6 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 3,001 km | 4 h 05 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.