C23

Peleliu Airport

FAA C236.9974°N 134.2321°E3 m / 9 ftSmall airport
On the map
Peleliu 16 March 1945
US Navy and Marine Corps museum · Public domain · Commons

Peleliu Airport (FAA: C23) is a small airport in Peleliu, Palau. It opened in Jul 1987. It has one runway, 1,829 m (6,000 ft) long, gravel.

Timeline

1 event · 1987–1987
JUL 1987
OpenedPeleliu Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
04/22
LENGTH1,829 m6,000 ftWIDTH12 m40 ftSURFACEGravel

Routes

2 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsBelau Air 2Pacific Mission Aviation 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from C23. From the Wikipedia article “Peleliu Airfield” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,829 m6,000 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,612of 29,823 · =173 Oceania · #3 PWElevation3 m9 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,589of 43,341 · =2,173 Oceania · #3 PWAgeOpened 19872026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=9,162of 15,079 · =164 Oceania · #3 PWRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =526 Oceania · =1 PW
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