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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aiyura Airport.
Aiyura Airport
Aerodrome
Aiyura Airport is an airstrip in Aiyura, in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. It is the main air field for Summer Institute of Linguistics. The pilots and mechanics who work out of Aiyura Airport live in the nearby SIL town of Ukarumpa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kainantu.
Kainantu
Photo: Phenss, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kainantu is a town of 6,723 in the Highlands region of Papua New Guinea, perched at an altitude of around 2,300 m.
Aiyura
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Aijura”
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Latitude
-6.3415° or 6° 20′ 29″ southLongitude
145.90415° or 145° 54′ 15″ eastElevation
1,630 metres (5,348 feet)IATA airport code
AYUUnited Nations Location Code
PG AYUOpen location code
6R57MW53+9MOpenStreetMap ID
node 7612268078OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Aiyura” goes by many names.
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aiyura Aircraft Maintenance Engineering School and St. Timothy Lutheran Church.
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