# Mendi Airport (MDU / AYMN)

**Mendi Airport** (IATA: MDU, ICAO: AYMN) is a medium airport in Mendi, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. It has one runway, 1,345 m (4,411 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MDU / AYMN
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Mendi, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
- Elevation: 1,731 m / 5,680 ft
- Coordinates: -6.1477, 143.6570
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,345 m / 4,411 ft
- Time zone: UTC+10 · Pacific/Port_Moresby
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendi_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q651735
- Ident: AYMN

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 1,345 m / 4,411 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 173° / 353° |  |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [POM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aypy.md) Port Moresby Jacksons International Airport · Papua New Guinea · 537 km / 334 mi · Air Niugini

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 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 | 1,345 m / 4,411 ft | #8,376 of 29,858 | #590 in Oceania | #25 in PG |
| Elevation | 1,731 m / 5,680 ft | =1,297 of 43,403 | #60 in Oceania | #56 in PG |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =5 in PG |

## Nearby airports

- [WBM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aywd.md) Wapenamanda Airport · 63 km / 39 mi
- [HGU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aymh.md) Mount Hagen Kagamuga Airport · 79 km / 49 mi
- [CMU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aych.md) Chimbu Airport · 146 km / 91 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: “Mendi Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendi_Airport&oldid=1371390093), revision of 26 Aug 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/aymn/data