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Nadzab Tomodachi International Airport

ICAO AYNZ6.5680°S 146.7265°E73 m / 239 ftLarge airport
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Nadzab Tomodachi International Airport (IATA: LAE, ICAO: AYNZ) is a large airport in Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. It opened in 1977. It has one runway, 2,438 m (8,000 ft) long, asphalt.

Timeline

1 event · 1977–1977
1977
OpenedNadzab Tomodachi International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Nadzab Airport Freight Terminal
09/27095° / 275° · LIT
LENGTH2,438 m8,000 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

11 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsPNG Air 7Air Niugini 4North Coast Aviation 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LAE. From the Wikipedia article “Lae Nadzab Airport” (revision of 12 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,438 m8,000 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,749of 29,823 · #56 Oceania · #3 PGElevation73 m239 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=32,922of 43,341 · =1,238 Oceania · #340 PGAgeOpened 19772026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=7,549of 15,079 · =130 Oceania · #7 PGRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =526 Oceania · =5 PG
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
APPAPP118.600
ATISATIS128.600
RDOLAE RDO120.700
TWRTWR121.700