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Aranuka

Aranuka Airport

Aranuka Airport is an , located approximately one kilometre north of the centre of Buariki village on the island of , , . The airport is served twice a week by Air Kiribati from Kuria Airport on Kuria.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport
  • Also known as: “AAK” and “NGUK”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Buariki.

Island
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
is the largest in the atoll of the in the . Together with the two large islands form the triangle shape of the atoll with forming the base.

Aranuka Airport

Latitude
0.1852° or 0° 11′ 7″ north
Longitude
173.63598° or 173° 38′ 10″ east
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
IATA airport code
AAK
ICAO airport code
NGUK
United Nations Location Code
KI AAK
Open location code
6VGM5JPP+39
Open­Street­Map ID
way 230182172
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
7521791
Wiki­data ID
Q1433483
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Satellite Map

Discover Aranuka Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tajik—“Aranuka Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Aranuka Airport”
  • Chinese: “阿拉努卡機場”
  • Chinese: “阿拉努卡环礁机场”
  • Chinese: “阿拉魯卡機場”
  • French: “Aérodrome d’Aranuka”
  • French: “aéroport d’Aranuka”
  • French: “NGUK”
  • German: “Flughafen Aranuka”
  • German: “Flugplatz Aranuka”
  • German: “NGUK”
  • Indonesian: “AAK”
  • Indonesian: “NGUK”
  • Italian: “aeroporto di Aranuka”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Aranuka”
  • Japanese: “アラヌカ空港”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aranuka lufthavn”
  • Persian: “AAK”
  • Persian: “NGUK”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه آراناکا”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Aranuka”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Aranuka”
  • Swedish: “Aranuka Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи ороноко”

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