# Balimo Airport (OPU / AYBM)

**Balimo Airport** (IATA: OPU, ICAO: AYBM) is a medium airport in Balimo, Western Province, Papua New Guinea.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: OPU / AYBM
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Balimo, Western Province, Papua New Guinea
- Elevation: 16 m / 51 ft
- Coordinates: -8.0500, 142.9330
- Time zone: UTC+10 · Pacific/Port_Moresby
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balimo_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4850921
- Ident: AYBM

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [TDS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ayss.md) Sasereme Airport · Papua New Guinea · 48 km / 30 mi · PNG Air
- [DAU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aydu.md) Daru Airport · Papua New Guinea · 119 km / 74 mi · PNG Air
- [KMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aykm.md) Kerema Airport · Papua New Guinea · 313 km / 194 mi · PNG Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

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

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 16 m / 51 ft | =39,170 of 43,403 | =1,778 in Oceania | =479 in PG |

## Nearby airports

- [KWO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aykw.md) Kawito Airport · 15 km / 9.0 mi
- [AWB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ayaw.md) Awaba Airport · 20 km / 13 mi
- [WSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ayiw.md) Wasua Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [MPF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aypo.md) Mapoda Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [BMZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aybf.md) Bamu Airport · 41 km / 25 mi
- [AYTC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aytc.md) Tapila Airstrip · 41 km / 26 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: “Balimo Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balimo_Airport&oldid=1363015961), 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/aybm/data