RABAYTK

Tokua Airport

Kokopo, Papua New Guinea · Oceania

Oceania Pacific/Port_Moresby

7direct destinations

2airlines

1runway

1,720 mLongest runway

1998opened

Rabaul Airport, also called Tokua Airport, (IATA: RAB, ICAO: AYTK) is an airport serving Kokopo and Rabaul, the current and former capitals of East New Britain Province, respectively, on New Britain island in Papua New Guinea.

Location

4.340°S, 152.380°E · 15 m s. n. m. (49 ft)

General data

CountryPapua New Guinea

CityKokopo

IATA codeRAB

ICAO codeAYTK

Coordinates4.340°S, 152.380°E

Elevation15 m s. n. m. (49 ft)

Time zonePacific/Port_Moresby

Runways1

Longest runway1,720 m

OperatorPapúa Nueva Guinea

Opened1998

Direct destinations7

Runways · 1

10/28

Length1,720 m5,643 ft

Width30 m98 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

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

Radio frequencies · 2

Tower

118.200

Flight information

127.100LAE RDO

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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

Originally, Kokopo and Rabaul was served by the former Lakunai Airfield. It was located at the foot of the Tavurvur volcano, near Matupit island. In 1994, a volcanic eruption destroyed the town and the airport, and a new airport was subsequently built and opened at Tokua. It was located on the opposite side of the Rabaul caldera.

The former airport was located at 04°13′27″S 152°11′08″E.

A volcanic eruption closed the airport for a day in 2006.

Airlines operating here · 2

Other airlines with direct routes

PNG Air Air Niugini

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

Photo: Kamagasaki450 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · view original

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 October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Tokua Airport (RAB). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RAB

MLA

“Tokua Airport (RAB).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RAB. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Tokua Airport (RAB).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RAB.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Tokua Airport (RAB). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RAB (Accessed: 17 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_rab,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Tokua Airport (RAB)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RAB},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RAB}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}

Wikipedia

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