# Buka Airport (BUA / AYBK)

**Buka Airport** (IATA: BUA, ICAO: AYBK) is a medium airport in Buka Island, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. It has one runway, 1,562 m (5,125 ft) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/aybk

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BUA / AYBK
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Buka Island, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
- Elevation: 3 m / 11 ft
- Coordinates: -5.4223, 154.6727
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,562 m / 5,125 ft
- Time zone: UTC+11 · Pacific/Bougainville
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buka_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4986799
- Ident: AYBK

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 1,562 m / 5,125 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 048° / 228° | yes |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [RAB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aytk.md) Tokua Airport · Papua New Guinea · 281 km / 175 mi · Air Niugini, PNG Air
- [LAE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aynz.md) Nadzab Tomodachi International Airport · Papua New Guinea · 888 km / 552 mi · Air Niugini
- [POM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aypy.md) Port Moresby Jacksons International Airport · Papua New Guinea · 935 km / 581 mi · Air Niugini

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BUA, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- PX [Air Niugini](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-niugini) · 3
- CG [PNG Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/png-air) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,562 m / 5,125 ft | =6,080 of 29,858 | =330 in Oceania | #21 in PG |
| Elevation | 3 m / 11 ft | =42,299 of 43,403 | =2,136 in Oceania | #555 in PG |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =5 in PG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| RDO | LAE RDO | 127.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [SBV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aysh.md) Sabah Airport · 45 km / 28 mi
- [WKN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aywq.md) Wakunai Airport · 78 km / 48 mi
- [TOK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tok.md) Torokina Airport · 97 km / 60 mi
- [IIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ayia.md) Nissan Island Airport · 114 km / 71 mi
- [KAF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaf.md) Karato Airport · 117 km / 73 mi
- [RAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/raw.md) Arawa Airport · 133 km / 83 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Buka Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buka_Airport&oldid=1363023067), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/aybk/data