AirportsKiunga Airport is a small airport serving Kiunga, in Western Province, Papua New Guinea. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is UNG.
Key facts
- IATA code
- UNG
- ICAO code
- AYKI
- City
- Kiunga
- State or region
- Western Province
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 6.1257° S, 141.2820° E
- Elevation
- 27 m (88 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,125 m (3,691 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, UNG means Kiunga Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: AYKI. 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 6.1257° S, 141.2820° E. It stands 27 metres (88 feet) above sea level.
Runways
Kiunga Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,125 metres (3,691 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 25.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 1,125 m 3,691 ft | not listed | not listed | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tabubil AirportTabubil | TBG | 94 km |
| Lake Murray AirportLake Murray | LMY | 101 km |
| Tanah Merah AirportTanah Merah, Indonesia | TMH | 108 km |
| Bosset AirportBosset | BOT | 125 km |
| Oksibil AirportOksibil, Indonesia | OKL | 154 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 7,870 km | 10 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 7,994 km | 10 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 9,889 km | 12 h 25 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 13,870 km | 17 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,833 km | 18 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,337 km | 14 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,222 km | 5 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,637 km | 6 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 3,257 km | 4 h 25 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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