Wau Airport
Wau Airport is an airport serving Wau in Papua New Guinea. A grass runway was constructed in 1927 by Cecil Levien with the assistance of native labourers.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Papua New Guinea
- Also known as: “AYWU”, “Wau Airport, Papua New Guinea”, and “WUG”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wau.
Wau
Wau is a town in Papua New Guinea, in the province of Morobe. It has a population of approx 5,000 and is situated at an altitude of around 1100 metres.Wau Airport
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Latitude
-7.34479° or 7° 20′ 41″ southLongitude
146.71953° or 146° 43′ 10″ eastElevation
1,087 metres (3,566 feet)IATA airport code
WUGICAO airport code
AYWUOpen location code
6R48MP49+3ROpenStreetMap ID
way 790652515OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Wau Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wau Airport”
- French: “aérodrome de Wau , Papua New Guinea”
- French: “Aérodrome de Wau , Papua New Guinea”
- French: “AYWU”
- French: “WUG”
- Indonesian: “AYWU”
- Indonesian: “WUG”
- Persian: “فرودگاه پاپوآ گینه نو وآو”
- Persian: “فرودگاه پاپوا گینه نو واو”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи попуо гена ну вов”
- Uzbek: “Wau aeroporti (Papua Yangi Gvineya)”
- Uzbek: “Wau aeroporti”
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