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It is located at the southern end of the island, near Buka Passage behind the town of Buka, and pre-war Chinatown. The airport terminal is about 1.5 kilometres from the Buka Township. In 2004, the airport experienced some closures due to land disputes. Residents of Ieta prevented service at the airport, demanding the government pay land fees. [3]
Map of Papua New Guinea. This is a list of airports in Papua New Guinea, sorted by location.. Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands (the western portion of the island is a part of the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua).
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The 1943 aerial photograph to the right shows the Buka Passage between Bougainville and Buka islands. Two Japanese airfields are visible, Buka Airfield (center) and Bonis Airfield (left). Today, Buka Airfield has become Bougainville's major airport, whereas Bonis Airfield has been disused since World War II.
Buka is a town located on the southern coast of Buka Island, in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, in eastern Papua New Guinea. [1] It is administered under Buka Rural LLG . [ 2 ] It is the capital of the North Bougainville District and the interim capital of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.
Horn Island (Horn Island Airport) Papua New Guinea. Tabubil (Tabubil Airport) Port Moresby (Jacksons Airport) Lae (Nadzab Airport) Madang (Madang Airport) Mount Hagen (Kagamuga Airport) Goroka (Goroka Airport) Wewak (Boram Airport) Hoskins (Hoskins Airport) Rabaul (Tokua Airport) Buka (Buka Airport) Kavieng (Kavieng Airport) Manus (Momote ...
The airfield was constructed by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in November 1942. The airfield was later neutralized by Allied air bombing from 1943 and was abandoned after the cessation of hostilities.
Bua Airport, also known as Palopo Lagaligo Airport (IATA: LLO, ICAO: WAFD), is an airport in Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi, Sulawesi Island, Indonesia. It serves the city of Palopo, which is located 10 km from the airport. The airport has a land area of about 100 hectares. To accommodate larger aircraft, the airport's facility was upgraded in 2015.