AirportsTapini Airport is a small airport serving Tapini, in Central Province, Papua New Guinea. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TPI.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TPI
- ICAO code
- AYTI
- City
- Tapini
- State or region
- Central Province
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 8.3567° S, 146.9892° E
- Elevation
- 945 m (3,100 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TPI means Tapini Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: AYTI. 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 8.3567° S, 146.9892° E. It stands 945 metres (3,100 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Port Moresby, about 126 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Port Moresby Jacksons International AirportPort Moresby | POM | 123 km |
| Kerema AirportKerema | KMA | 141 km |
| Girua AirportPopondetta | PNP | 153 km |
| Nadzab Tomodachi International AirportLae | LAE | 201 km |
| Baimuru AirportBaimuru | VMU | 257 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,534 km | 10 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 8,671 km | 10 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 10,564 km | 13 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 14,376 km | 17 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,628 km | 18 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,948 km | 13 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,886 km | 6 h 25 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,940 km | 6 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 2,878 km | 4 h 00 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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