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Daru Airport

Daru, Papua New Guinea · Oceania

Oceania Pacific/Port_Moresby

5direct destinations

3airlines

1runway

1,400 mLongest runway

Daru Airport (IATA: DAU, ICAO: AYDU) is an airport serving Daru, the capital of the Western Province in Papua New Guinea. The airfield was constructed before or during World War II. During the war it was used as a refuelling stop by Allied fighter aircraft. The Australian Army rebuilt the airport in 1965. Domestically, airport is served by PNG Air and Air Niugini with access to destinations including the national capital, Port Moresby. Internationally, Torres Strait Air operates flights to Horn Island, the primary airport serving in the Torres Strait Islands of Queensland, Australia.

Location

9.087°S, 143.208°E · 6 m s. n. m. (20 ft)

General data

CountryPapua New Guinea

CityDaru

IATA codeDAU

ICAO codeAYDU

Coordinates9.087°S, 143.208°E

Elevation6 m s. n. m. (20 ft)

Time zonePacific/Port_Moresby

Runways1

Longest runway1,400 m

Direct destinations5

Runways · 1

14/32

Length1,400 m4,593 ft

Width30 m98 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

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

Radio frequencies · 1

Flight information

124.900MORESBY CNTR

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 3

Other airlines with direct routes

PNG Air Air Niugini Torres Strait Aircharter

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Daru Airport (DAU). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/DAU

MLA

“Daru Airport (DAU).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/DAU. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Daru Airport (DAU). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/DAU (Accessed: 16 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_dau,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Daru Airport (DAU)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/DAU},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/DAU}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-16},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/DAU |title=Daru Airport (DAU) |website=Vuelopedia |publisher=Fundación Poderia |date=2026-10-15 |access-date=2026-10-16 |language=en}}