Boigu Island Airport
Boigu Island Airport is an airport serving Boigu Island in Queensland, Australia. It was officially opened as the Charlie Gibuma Memorial Airstrip on 26 July 1981 by Hon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Australia
- Also known as: “Boigu Airport”, “GIC”, and “YBOI”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Boigu Island.
Boigu Island
Island
Boigu Island is the most northerly inhabited island of Queensland and of Australia. It is part of the Top Western group of the Torres Strait Islands, which lie in the Torres Strait separating Cape York Peninsula from the island of New Guinea.
Boigu Island Airport
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Torres Strait Island Region, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-9.23279° or 9° 13′ 58″ southLongitude
142.21811° or 142° 13′ 5″ eastElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Inception
1981Operator
Torres Strait Islands Regional CouncilIATA airport code
GICICAO airport code
YBOIOpen location code
6R24Q689+V6OpenStreetMap ID
way 229645128OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tajik—“Boigu Island Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Boigu Airport”
- Chinese: “玻古島機場”
- French: “YBOI”
- Indonesian: “GIC”
- Indonesian: “YBOI”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Boigu”
- Persian: “GIC”
- Persian: “YBOI”
- Persian: “فرودگاه جزیره بویگو”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Boigu Island”
- Swedish: “Boigu Airport”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи ҷазира буигу”
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