Tufi Airport is an airport in Tufi, Papua New Guinea built in the 1960s by the Australian Army.[1] It consists of a single 920 by 30 meters (3,018 ft × 98 ft) unpaved runway along a 059-239 degree axis.[2] There is no control tower and refueling is not available. Air Niugini flights are typically scheduled on Monday (POM-PNP-TFI-POM) and Friday (POM-TFI-PNP-POM). Tropic Air also schedules irregular cargo and passenger charter flights.
Tufi Airport | |||||||||||
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 Tufi Airstrip, looking North. | |||||||||||
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| Serves | Tufi, Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||
| Location | Tufi, Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 125 ft / 38.1 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 09°04′33″S 149°19′12″E / 9.07583°S 149.32000°E | ||||||||||
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  TFI Location of airport in Papua New Guinea | |||||||||||
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| Runways | |||||||||||
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Uncontrolled aerodrome. No tower or operations center, no lighting, no ILS, no refueling. Day VFR only. | |||||||||||
Airlines and destinations
edit| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Niugini | Port Moresby[3] |
| PNG Air[4] | Popondetta, Rabaul |
References
edit- ^ "Tufi Airfield". pacificwrecks.com. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ "Tufi Airport". Skyvector.com. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ Liu, Jim. "Air Niugini adds Port Moresby – Tufi service from late-Sep 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ Airlines PNG flight schedule[permanent dead link]
External links
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