# Aropa Airport (KIE / AYIQ)

**Aropa Airport** (IATA: KIE, ICAO: AYIQ) is a small airport in Kieta, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. It has one runway, 1,645 m (5,397 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KIE / AYIQ
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Kieta, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
- Elevation: 6 m / 20 ft
- Coordinates: -6.3057, 155.7282
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,645 m / 5,397 ft
- Time zone: UTC+11 · Pacific/Bougainville
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aropa_Airport (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6405657
- Ident: AYIQ

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 1,645 m / 5,397 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [RAB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aytk.md) Tokua Airport · Papua New Guinea · 430 km / 267 mi · PNG Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 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 | 1,645 m / 5,397 ft | =5,640 of 29,858 | =265 in Oceania | #15 in PG |
| Elevation | 6 m / 20 ft | =41,280 of 43,403 | =2,015 in Oceania | =537 in PG |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =5 in PG |

## Nearby airports

- [PG-0073](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pg-0073.md) Basikuna Airstrip · 16 km / 10 mi
- [RAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/raw.md) Arawa Airport · 20 km / 12 mi
- [KAF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaf.md) Karato Airport · 47 km / 29 mi
- [UBI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ayui.md) Buin Airport · 47 km / 29 mi
- [TON](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ayvo.md) Tonu Airport · 51 km / 32 mi
- [TOK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tok.md) Torokina Airport · 74 km / 46 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: “Aropa Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aropa_Airport&oldid=1363014204), 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/ayiq/data