Telefomin
Telefomin is a station town on the border of Sandaun and Western Provinces in Papua New Guinea. The town started during the Second World War after Mick Leahy was assigned to engineer an airstrip in 1944 for the United States for use against the Imperial Japanese Army forces based in New Guinea.- Town
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,510 metres (4,950 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code TFM
- …was formerly known as “Telefolmin”
- Description: city in Papua New Guinea
Places of Interest
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Telefomin Airport
Aerodrome
Telefomin Airport is an airport in Telefomin, Papua New Guinea.
Telefomin
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Latitude
-5.12384° or 5° 7′ 26″ south
Longitude
141.64051° or 141° 38′ 26″ east
UN/LOCODE
PG TFM
Open location code
6R63VJGR+F6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
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