Airports / Papua New Guinea / OPU
Balimo Airport
AYBM / OPUBalimo, Papua New GuineaELEV 51 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
64 nm
To the nearest alternate
Daru Airport (DAU).
Overview
Balimo Airport (AYBM / OPU) sits in Balimo, Papua New Guinea, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 51 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
OPU has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Daru Airport (DAU, 64 nm), Baimuru Airport (VMU, 117 nm), and Mendi Airport (MDU, 122 nm).
Quotes for flights out of OPU vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from OPU, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
AYBM
IATA
OPU
FAA / Local
BLI
Elevation
51 ft
Coordinates
8.0500° S · 142.9330° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Papua New Guinea fields
state range 7–5,889 ft
At 51 ft, OPU sits lower than 48% of the 21 Papua New Guinea fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 64nmDAUDaru AirportDaru
- 117nmVMUBaimuru AirportBaimuru
- 122nmMDUMendi AirportMendi
- 152nmMKQMopah International AirportMerauke
- 156nmWBMWapenamanda AirportWapenamanda
- 156nmHGUMount Hagen Kagamuga AirportMount Hagen
Location
Open the full mapAYBM · Balimo Airport · Balimo, Papua New Guinea