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Papua New Guinea
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Buka Airport

Buka Airport is an serving in the in . It is located at the southern end of the island, near Buka Passage behind the town of , and pre-war Chinatown.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport on Buka Island, Papua New Guinea
  • Also known as: “AYBK”, “BUA”, and “Buka Airfield (WW2)”

Buka Airport

Latitude
-5.42212° or 5° 25′ 20″ south
Longitude
154.67292° or 154° 40′ 23″ east
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
IATA airport code
BUA
ICAO airport code
AYBK
Open location code
6R6PHMHF+55
Open­Street­Map ID
way 793235320
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
7668075
Wiki­data ID
Q4986799
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Satellite Map

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

From Arabic to Tajik—“Buka Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار بوكا”
  • Belarusian: “Бука”
  • Cebuano: “Buka Airport”
  • Chinese: “布卡機場”
  • Czech: “Letiště Buka”
  • French: “aérodrome de Buka”
  • French: “Aéroport de Buka”
  • French: “AYBK”
  • French: “BUA”
  • Indonesian: “AYBK”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Buka”
  • Indonesian: “BUA”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Buka”
  • Japanese: “ブカ空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Buka”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Buka”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Buka”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Бука”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи буко”

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