AirportsMarau Airport is a small airport serving Marau, in Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is RUS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- RUS
- ICAO code
- AGGU
- City
- Marau
- State or region
- Guadalcanal Province
- Country
- Solomon Islands
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 9.8617° S, 160.8250° E
- Elevation
- 1 m (3 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 610 m (2,001 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, RUS means Marau Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: AGGU. 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 9.8617° S, 160.8250° E. It stands 1 metres (3 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Malango, about 98 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Pacific/Guadalcanal, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Marau Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 610 metres (2,001 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 18 airports of Solomon Islands on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 16.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 610 m 2,001 ft | 30 m | Coral | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Honiara International AirportHoniara | HIR | 97 km |
| Gwaunaru'u AirportAuki | AKS | 130 km |
| Ngorangora AirportKirakira | IRA | 134 km |
| Manaoba AirportManaoba | MHM | 171 km |
| Bellona/Anua AirportAnua | BNY | 196 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 9,927 km | 12 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 10,153 km | 12 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 12,019 km | 15 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 15,085 km | 18 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 13,677 km | 17 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,781 km | 12 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,412 km | 8 h 15 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,511 km | 7 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 2,853 km | 3 h 55 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.