# Paiela Airport (PLE / AYPB)

**Paiela Airport** (IATA: PLE, ICAO: AYPB) is a small airport in Paiela, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. It has one runway, 487 m (1,598 ft) long, gravel.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PLE / AYPB
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Paiela, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea
- Elevation: 1,859 m / 6,100 ft
- Coordinates: -5.3724, 142.9758
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 487 m / 1,598 ft
- Time zone: UTC+10 · Pacific/Port_Moresby
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35287004
- Ident: AYPB

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 487 m / 1,598 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Gravel |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 487 m / 1,598 ft | =27,619 of 29,858 | =2,053 in Oceania | =291 in PG |
| Elevation | 1,859 m / 6,100 ft | =989 of 43,403 | =28 in Oceania | =26 in PG |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =5 in PG |

## Nearby airports

- [AYHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ayhj.md) Hewa Airstrip · 20 km / 13 mi
- [PG-0041](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pg-0041.md) Kairik Airstrip · 23 km / 14 mi
- [PG-0110](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pg-0110.md) Yifki Airstrip · 32 km / 20 mi
- [PG-0164](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pg-0164.md) Papake · 33 km / 20 mi
- [PG-0071](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pg-0071.md) Pori Airstrip · 38 km / 23 mi
- [PG-0057](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pg-0057.md) Auwi Airstrip · 40 km / 25 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)
- [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/aypb/data