BUAAYBK

Buka Airport

Buka Island, Papua New Guinea

Oceania Pacific/Port_Moresby

4direct destinations

2airlines

1runway

1,562 mLongest runway

Buka Airport (IATA: BUA, ICAO: AYBK) is an airport serving Buka Island in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. It is located at the southern end of the island, near Buka Passage behind the town of Buka, and pre-war Chinatown. The airport terminal is about 1.5 kilometres from the Buka Township.

Location

5.422°S, 154.673°E · 3 m s. n. m. (11 ft)

General data

CountryPapua New Guinea

CityBuka Island

IATA codeBUA

ICAO codeAYBK

Coordinates5.422°S, 154.673°E

Elevation3 m s. n. m. (11 ft)

Time zonePacific/Port_Moresby

Runways1

Longest runway1,562 m

Direct destinations4

Runways · 1

04/22

Length1,562 m5,125 ft

Width30 m98 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Airlines operating here · 2

Other airlines with direct routes

Air Niugini Airlines PNG

Route network according to OpenFlights (open route database). It may not reflect recent schedule changes.

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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This page was last updated on September 27, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, September 27). Buka Airport (BUA). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BUA

MLA

“Buka Airport (BUA).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 27 Sept. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BUA. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_bua,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Buka Airport (BUA)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-09-27},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BUA},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BUA}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-16},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}

Wikipedia

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