Kirakira Airport

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Kirakira Airport

Ngorangora Airstrip
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Location Kirakira, Makira Island, Solomon Islands
Elevation  AMSL 8 ft / 2 m
Coordinates 10°26′58″S161°53′54″E / 10.44944°S 161.89833°E / -10.44944; 161.89833
Kirakira Airport

Kirakira Airport( IATA : IRA [1] , ICAO : AGGK [2] ) is an airport located at Kirakira on the island of Makira (formerly San Cristobal), part of the Makira-Ulawa Province in the Solomon Islands. It is also known as Ngorangora Airstrip [3] and was constructed in the late 1950s. [4] The airport has scheduled flights provided by Solomon Airlines, using DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft. [5] [6]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Solomon Airlines Honiara

References

  1. ↑ Accident history for Kirakira Airport (IRA) at Aviation Safety Network
  2. ↑ Airport information for AGGK / IRA - Ngorangora - Kirakira, Makira Island, Solomon Islands at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ↑ Stanley, David (2004). Moon Handbooks: South Pacific (8 ed.). Avalon Travel. pp.  1034–1035. ISBN   978-1-56691-411-6. OCLC   224404243.
  4. ↑ "Makira/Ulawa Province Development Profile" (PDF). Ministry of Provincial Government and Rural Development. August 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-11-13.
  5. ↑ Solomon Airlines
  6. ↑ "Solomon Airlines Northern Summer Schedule - Issue No. 68 - Effective 03 Aug 2009" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2009.



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