# Beru Airport (BEZ / NGBR)

**Beru Airport** (IATA: BEZ, ICAO: NGBR) is a small airport in Beru, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati. It opened in 1977.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BEZ / NGBR
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Beru, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati
- Opened: 1977
- Elevation: 2 m / 6 ft
- Coordinates: -1.3547, 176.0070
- Time zone: UTC+12 · Pacific/Tarawa
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beru_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q620043
- Weather station: NGBR · WMO 91623
- Ident: NGBR

## Timeline

- 1977: Beru Airport opens.

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [TBF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ngte.md) Tabiteuea North Airport · Kiribati · 138 km / 86 mi · Air Kiribati

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- IK [Air Kiribati](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-kiribati) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 2 m / 6 ft | =42,960 of 43,403 | =2,250 in Oceania | =16 in KI |
| Age | Opened 1977 | =7,544 of 15,079 | =130 in Oceania | #3 in KI |

## Nearby airports

- [NIG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ngnu.md) Nikunau Airport · 45 km / 28 mi
- [OOT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ngon.md) Onotoa Airport · 73 km / 45 mi
- [TSU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ngts.md) Tabiteuea South Airport · 106 km / 66 mi
- [TMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ngtm.md) Tamana Island Airport · 126 km / 78 mi
- [TBF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ngte.md) Tabiteuea North Airport · 138 km / 86 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: “Beru Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beru_Airport&oldid=1362728704), revision of 5 Jul 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/ngbr/data