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Madang Airport
AYMD / MAGMadang, Papua New GuineaELEV 20 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
58 nm
To the nearest alternate
Goroka Airport (GKA).
Overview
Madang Airport (AYMD / MAG) sits in Madang, Papua New Guinea, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 20 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 MAG for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Goroka Airport (GKA, 58 nm), Chimbu Airport (CMU, 69 nm), and Mount Hagen Kagamuga Airport (HGU, 97 nm).
Charter pricing from MAG depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Madang.
Field capability
ICAO
AYMD
IATA
MAG
FAA / Local
AYMD
Elevation
20 ft
Coordinates
5.2071° S · 145.7890° 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, MAG 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.
- 58nmGKAGoroka AirportGoronka
- 69nmCMUChimbu AirportKundiawa
- 97nmHGUMount Hagen Kagamuga AirportMount Hagen
- 99nmLAENadzab Tomodachi International AirportLae
- 116nmWBMWapenamanda AirportWapenamanda
- 139nmMDUMendi AirportMendi
Location
Open the full mapAYMD · Madang Airport · Madang, Papua New Guinea