Madang Airport
Madang Airport
Madang Airport (IATA: MAG, ICAO: AYMD), is an airport located in Madang, Papua New Guinea.
Location
5.207°S, 145.789°E · 6 m s. n. m. (20 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 3
Tower
ATIS (automatic information)
Flight information
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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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.
History
World War II
During World War II, it was occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army in January 1943 as a forward operating airfield for aircraft based at Wewak, and later expanded to a 3,250 ft × 240 ft (991 m × 73 m) runway with a single taxiway with 31 revetment areas. Bombed by the allies during late 1943 and early 1944, the airfield became unserviceable.
Imperial Japanese Army Air Force Units at Madang
Imperial Japanese Army Air Force
59th Sentai (Nakajima Ki-43 Oscar)
68th Sentai (Kawasaki Ki-61 Tony)
248th Sentai (Nakajima Ki-43-III Oscar)
Allied Liberation
The airport was liberated by Australian Army forces on 24 April 1944. A large amount of high octane fuel was captured and used by the Australians for use in the Royal Australian Navy motor launch boats. The airfield was repaired and used by the Royal Australian Air Force until the end of the war.
Post WW2 in 1947, the Department of Civil Aviation sent an airport manager to Madang to oversee the building of the airport. Accommodation for the workers also had to be built as well as airplane hangars and a control tower. Wooden floors on concrete slabs were laid. Knitted woven bark for the walls was floated downstream, made by the natives, who were paid in cash. When the bark hut accommodation was ready, motor mechanics, radio technicians and other workers arrived along with wives and children. Eventually packaged Hawksley houses arrived from Britain and were built in the township of Madang.
Royal Australian Air Force Units at Madang
Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM)
No. 4 Squadron RAAF (CAC Boomerang)
No. 8 Communication Unit RAAF
No. 15 Squadron RAAF (Bristol Beaufort)
No. 111 Air-Sea Rescue Flight RAAF (PBY Catalina)
No. 120 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron RAAF
No. 2 Medical Receiving Station RAAF
No. 109 Mobile Fighter Sector Headquarters RAAF
International flights
In 1970s, Air Niugini operated an international flight to Jayapura (via Wewak), using Douglas DC-3 and Fokker F28 aircraft and it operated until 1980s.
In 2018, it was announced that the airport will operate a direct international flight to Jayapura.
Airlines operating here · 2
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026
APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Madang Airport (MAG). Retrieved October 21, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MAG
MLA
“Madang Airport (MAG).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MAG. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
Vuelopedia. “Madang Airport (MAG).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MAG.
Harvard
Vuelopedia (2026) Madang Airport (MAG). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MAG (Accessed: 21 October 2026).
BibTeX
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title = {{Madang Airport (MAG)}},
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year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MAG},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MAG}},
urldate = {2026-10-21},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-21}
}Wikipedia
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