Aiyura Airport

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Aiyura Airport
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Aiyura Valley viewed from road leading in from Kainantu. Aiyura airport is in the background.
Summary
Location Aiyura, Papua New Guinea
Elevation  AMSL 5,100 ft / 1,554 m
Coordinates 06°20′16″S145°54′14″E / 6.33778°S 145.90389°E / -6.33778; 145.90389 Coordinates: 06°20′16″S145°54′14″E / 6.33778°S 145.90389°E / -6.33778; 145.90389
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Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea
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AYU
Location of the airport in Papua New Guinea
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
14L/32R1,2804,199
Source: PNG Airstrip Guide [1]

Aiyura Airport( IATA : AYU, ICAO : AYAY) is an airstrip in Aiyura, in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. [1] It is the main air base for Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL). The pilots and mechanics who work out of Aiyura Airport live in the nearby SIL town of Ukarumpa.

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Aiyura

Aiyura is the name of a valley located in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. It is the home of the Aiyura Agricultural Research Station, which was operated originally as the "Highlands Agricultural Experiment Station, Aiyura" begun in 1936 by Mr. Bill Brechin, an Australian Agriculturist. In 1937 work was begun clearing the land for the airstrip which is now the home in Papua New Guinea of JAARS, Airstrip IATA code AYU known as Aiyura Airport. Aiyura played a role in World War II when the Aiyura Airstrip was bombed by the Japanese on June 15, 1943, with six bombers and six fighter aircraft.

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References

  1. 1 2 "PNG Airstrip Guide". 11 July 2005. Archived from the original on 2010-07-27.

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