AirportsTufi Airport is a small airport serving Tufi, in Northern Province, Papua New Guinea. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TFI.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TFI
- ICAO code
- AYTU
- City
- Tufi
- State or region
- Northern Province
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 9.0760° S, 149.3198° E
- Elevation
- 26 m (85 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 880 m (2,887 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TFI means Tufi Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: AYTU. 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 9.0760° S, 149.3198° E. It stands 26 metres (85 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Popondetta, about 124 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
Tufi Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 880 metres (2,887 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 30.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 880 m 2,887 ft | 18 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Girua AirportPopondetta | PNP | 115 km |
| Gurney AirportGurney | GUR | 177 km |
| Losuia AirportLosuia | LSA | 204 km |
| Port Moresby Jacksons International AirportPort Moresby | POM | 234 km |
| Tapini AirportTapini | TPI | 268 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,794 km | 11 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 8,938 km | 11 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 10,830 km | 13 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 14,557 km | 18 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,515 km | 18 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,777 km | 13 h 30 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 5,153 km | 6 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,062 km | 6 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 2,772 km | 3 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
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.