# Kiunga Airport (UNG / AYKI)

**Kiunga Airport** (IATA: UNG, ICAO: AYKI) is a small airport in Kiunga, Western Province, Papua New Guinea. It has one runway, 1,125 m (3,691 ft) long.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: UNG / AYKI
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Kiunga, Western Province, Papua New Guinea
- Elevation: 27 m / 88 ft
- Coordinates: -6.1257, 141.2820
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,125 m / 3,691 ft
- Time zone: UTC+10 · Pacific/Port_Moresby
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiunga_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10930307
- Ident: AYKI

## Timeline

- 13 Apr 2016: 2016 Sunbird Aviation crash. 12 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 1,125 m / 3,691 ft |  |  |  |  |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (5)

- [TBG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aytb.md) Tabubil Airport · Papua New Guinea · 94 km / 58 mi · PNG Air
- [LMY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pg-lmy.md) Lake Murray Airport · Papua New Guinea · 101 km / 63 mi · PNG Air
- [SKC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aysu.md) Suki Airport · Papua New Guinea · 219 km / 136 mi · PNG Air
- [HGU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aymh.md) Mount Hagen Kagamuga Airport · Papua New Guinea · 335 km / 208 mi · PNG Air
- [POM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aypy.md) Port Moresby Jacksons International Airport · Papua New Guinea · 751 km / 467 mi · Air Niugini, PNG Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- CG [PNG Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/png-air) · 5
- PX [Air Niugini](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-niugini) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,125 m / 3,691 ft | =11,629 of 29,858 | #941 in Oceania | #35 in PG |
| Elevation | 27 m / 88 ft | =37,408 of 43,403 | =1,610 in Oceania | =436 in PG |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =5 in PG |

## Nearby airports

- [ABP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/abp.md) Atkamba Airport · 22 km / 14 mi
- [RMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ayrg.md) Rumginae Airport · 25 km / 16 mi
- [PG-0083](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pg-0083.md) Matkomnae Airstrip · 37 km / 23 mi
- [AYHW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ayhw.md) Haewenai Airstrip · 45 km / 28 mi
- [AYEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ayek.md) Membok Airstrip · 48 km / 30 mi
- [GBC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aygs.md) Gasuke Airport · 51 km / 31 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: “Kiunga Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kiunga_Airport&oldid=1363049578), 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/ayki/data