# Vanimo Airport (VAI / AYVN)

**Vanimo Airport** (IATA: VAI, ICAO: AYVN) is a medium airport in Vanimo, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. It has one runway, 1,760 m (5,775 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VAI / AYVN
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Vanimo, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
- Elevation: 3 m / 10 ft
- Coordinates: -2.6926, 141.3028
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,760 m / 5,775 ft
- Time zone: UTC+10 · Pacific/Port_Moresby
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanimo_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7914943
- Weather station: AYVN
- Ident: AYVN

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 1,760 m / 5,775 ft | 26 m / 85 ft | Asphalt | 130° / 310° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [WWK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aywk.md) Wewak International Airport · Papua New Guinea · 281 km / 175 mi · Air Niugini, PNG Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

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

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,760 m / 5,775 ft | =5,047 of 29,858 | #200 in Oceania | #8 in PG |
| Elevation | 3 m / 10 ft | =42,364 of 43,403 | =2,147 in Oceania | =556 in PG |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =5 in PG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FSS | MADANG FIS | 126.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [OSG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ayzs.md) Ossima Airport · 25 km / 15 mi
- [AYBW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aybw.md) Blackwara Airport · 25 km / 15 mi
- [LTF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltf.md) Leitre Airport · 39 km / 24 mi
- [BWP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aybi.md) Bewani Airport · 40 km / 25 mi
- [WREL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/id-0222.md) Begowre Airstrip · 53 km / 33 mi
- [PG-0052](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pg-0052.md) Kilifas Airstrip · 58 km / 36 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Vanimo Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vanimo_Airport&oldid=1371390122), 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/ayvn/data