Airport map and runways

Buka Airport (BUA)

Buka Island, Papua New Guinea · ICAO AYBK · IATA BUA

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Map: OpenStreetMap contributors, captured 21 Oct 2026. North is up and the drawing is simplified. Each runway is labelled at its ends.

Location: Buka Island, Papua New Guinea
ICAO code: AYBK
IATA code: BUA
Elevation: 11 ft
Longest runway: 5,125 ft (04/22)
Runways: 1
Size class: Medium
Position: -5.4223, 154.6727

About AYBK

Buka Airport (BUA) is a medium airport in Buka Island, Papua New Guinea, with the ICAO code AYBK. It has one runway, 04/22, 5,125 ft long and 98 ft wide, with a hard surface. The OpenStreetMap layout shows 6 taxiway segments, 1 aprons and 1 terminal outlines. The route snapshot of 14 Oct 2026 has no scheduled routes for AYBK.

Runways

Runways, longest first
Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
04 / 22	5,125 ft	98 ft	Hard	Lit

Runway idents and sizes from OurAirports. The runway headings in the source do not always match the idents, so only the idents are shown.

Scheduled routes

The route snapshot of 14 Oct 2026 has no scheduled routes for this airport.

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Sources: airport and runway data from OurAirports (public domain). Map data from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Routes from Virtual Radar Server standing data (CC0), snapshot of 14 Oct 2026.