Airports / Papua New Guinea / DAU
Daru Airport
AYDU / DAUDaru, Papua New GuineaELEV 20 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
64 nm
To the nearest alternate
Balimo Airport (OPU).
Overview
Daru Airport, listed as AYDU / DAU, is a mid-sized airport in Daru, Papua New Guinea. Field elevation is 20 feet above sea level. Scheduled carriers operate here, and the field also sees regular private and charter activity.
While no charter operators list DAU as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Balimo Airport (OPU, 64 nm), Horn Island Airport (HID, 105 nm), and Baimuru Airport (VMU, 135 nm).
Trip costs from DAU 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 DAU to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
AYDU
IATA
DAU
FAA / Local
AYDU
Elevation
20 ft
Coordinates
9.0868° S · 143.2080° 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 20 ft, DAU sits lower than 62% 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.
- 64nmOPUBalimo AirportBalimo
- 105nmHIDHorn Island AirportHorn
- 135nmVMUBaimuru AirportBaimuru
- 166nmKMAKerema AirportKerema
- 169nmMKQMopah International AirportMerauke
- 178nmMDUMendi AirportMendi
Location
Open the full mapAYDU · Daru Airport · Daru, Papua New Guinea