Airports / Papua New Guinea / PNP
Girua Airport
AYGR / PNPPopondetta, Papua New GuineaELEV 311 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
75 nm
To the nearest alternate
Port Moresby Jacksons International Airport (POM).
Overview
Girua Airport (AYGR / PNP) sits in Popondetta, Papua New Guinea, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 311 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into PNP for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Port Moresby Jacksons International Airport (POM, 75 nm), Gurney Airport (GUR, 150 nm), and Kerema Airport (KMA, 159 nm).
Charter pricing from PNP depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Popondetta.
Field capability
ICAO
AYGR
IATA
PNP
FAA / Local
AYGR
Elevation
311 ft
Coordinates
8.8045° S · 148.3090° 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 311 ft, PNP sits higher than 71% 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.
- 75nmPOMPort Moresby Jacksons International AirportPort Moresby
- 150nmGURGurney AirportGurney
- 159nmKMAKerema AirportKerema
- 164nmLAENadzab Tomodachi International AirportLae
- 222nmVMUBaimuru AirportBaimuru
- 236nmHKNHoskins AirportKimbe
Location
Open the full mapAYGR · Girua Airport · Popondetta, Papua New Guinea