UBI

Buin Airport

ICAO AYUI6.7292°S 155.6833°E70 m / 230 ftSmall airport
On the map

Buin Airport (IATA: UBI, ICAO: AYUI) is a small airport in Buin, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. It opened in 1943. It closed in 1988. It has one runway, 500 m (1,640 ft) long, grass. It is operated by Imperial Japanese Naval Air Service.

Timeline

2 events · 1943–1988
1943
OpenedBuin Airport opens.
1988
ClosedBuin Airport closes.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
01/19
LENGTH500 m1,640 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEGrass

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway500 m1,640 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=27,131of 29,823 · =2,028 Oceania · =272 PGElevation70 m230 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=33,089of 43,341 · =1,251 Oceania · =342 PGAgeOpened 19432026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,016of 15,079 · =57 Oceania · =1 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