# Aranuka Airport (AAK / NGUK)

**Aranuka Airport** (IATA: AAK, ICAO: NGUK) is a small airport in Buariki, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AAK / NGUK
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Buariki, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati
- Elevation: 2 m / 6 ft
- Coordinates: 0.1853, 173.6370
- Time zone: UTC+12 · Pacific/Tarawa
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aranuka_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1433483
- Ident: NGUK

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [TRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ngta.md) Bonriki International Airport · Kiribati · 144 km / 89 mi · Air Kiribati

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from AAK, 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 |

## Nearby airports

- [KUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ngkt.md) Kuria Airport · 22 km / 14 mi
- [AEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ngtb.md) Abemama Airport · 40 km / 25 mi
- [MNK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ngma.md) Maiana Airport · 113 km / 70 mi
- [NON](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ngto.md) Nonouti Airport · 127 km / 79 mi
- [TRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ngta.md) Bonriki International Airport · 144 km / 89 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Aranuka Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aranuka_Airport&oldid=1363013921), revision of 7 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/nguk/data