Buin Airport
Buin Airport was an airport located near Kara, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: former airport in Papua New Guinea
- Also known as: “Kara Airfield (WW2)”, “Toripoil Airfield (WW2)”, and “UBI”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buin.
Buin
Town
Photo: Masalai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Buin is a town on Bougainville Island, and the capital of the South Bougainville District, in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, in eastern Papua New Guinea.
Buin Airport
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-6.73162° or 6° 43′ 54″ southLongitude
155.68411° or 155° 41′ 3″ eastElevation
112 metres (367 feet)IATA airport code
UBIICAO airport code
AYUIOpen location code
6R5Q7M9M+9JOpenStreetMap ID
way 835042085OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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Satellite Map
Discover Buin Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Czech to Romanian—“Buin Airport” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Letiště Buin”
- Czech: “Letiště Kara”
- Czech: “Letiště Toripoil”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بوين ايرپورت”
- French: “aérodrome de Buin”
- French: “Aérodrome de Buin”
- French: “UBI”
- Indonesian: “UBI”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Buin”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Buin Market and Buin Health Center.
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