Airports / Papua New Guinea / CMU
Chimbu Airport
AYCH / CMUKundiawa, Papua New GuineaELEV 4,974 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
25 nm
To the nearest alternate
Goroka Airport (GKA) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Chimbu Airport, listed as AYCH / CMU, is a mid-sized airport in Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea. Field elevation is 4,974 feet above sea level. Scheduled carriers operate here, and the field also sees regular private and charter activity.
While no charter operators list CMU as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Goroka Airport (GKA, 25 nm), Mount Hagen Kagamuga Airport (HGU, 42 nm), and Wapenamanda Airport (WBM, 69 nm).
Trip costs from CMU are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from CMU to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
AYCH
IATA
CMU
FAA / Local
AYCH
Elevation
4,974 ft
Coordinates
6.0243° S · 144.9710° 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 4,974 ft, CMU sits higher than 76% 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.
- 25nmGKAGoroka AirportGoronka
- 42nmHGUMount Hagen Kagamuga AirportMount Hagen
- 69nmWBMWapenamanda AirportWapenamanda
- 69nmMAGMadang AirportMadang
- 79nmMDUMendi AirportMendi
- 89nmVMUBaimuru AirportBaimuru
Location
Open the full mapAYCH · Chimbu Airport · Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea