# Butaritari Airport (BBG / NGTU)

**Butaritari Airport** (IATA: BBG, ICAO: NGTU) is a small airport in Butaritari, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BBG / NGTU
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Butaritari, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati
- Elevation: 2 m / 5 ft
- Coordinates: 3.0858, 172.8110
- Time zone: UTC+12 · Pacific/Tarawa
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butaritari_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1134254
- Weather station: NGTU · WMO 91601
- Ident: NGTU

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [MTK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ngmn.md) Makin Island Airport · Kiribati · 38 km / 24 mi · Air Kiribati
- [TRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ngta.md) Bonriki International Airport · Kiribati · 193 km / 120 mi · Air Kiribati

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- IK [Air Kiribati](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-kiribati) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 2 m / 5 ft | =43,055 of 43,403 | =2,265 in Oceania | =20 in KI |

## Nearby airports

- [MTK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ngmn.md) Makin Island Airport · 38 km / 24 mi
- [MZK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ngmk.md) Marakei Airport · 125 km / 78 mi
- [ABF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ngab.md) Abaiang Airport · 145 km / 90 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: “Butaritari Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Butaritari_Airport&oldid=1362748527), 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/ngtu/data