Airports / Papua New Guinea / HGU
Mount Hagen Kagamuga Airport
AYMH / HGUMount Hagen, Papua New GuineaELEV 5,388 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
27 nm
To the nearest alternate
Wapenamanda Airport (WBM) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Mount Hagen Kagamuga Airport (AYMH / HGU) sits in Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 5,388 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 HGU for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Wapenamanda Airport (WBM, 27 nm), Chimbu Airport (CMU, 42 nm), and Mendi Airport (MDU, 43 nm).
Charter pricing from HGU depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Mount Hagen.
Field capability
ICAO
AYMH
IATA
HGU
FAA / Local
AYMH
Elevation
5,388 ft
Coordinates
5.8282° S · 144.2994° 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 5,388 ft, HGU sits higher than 86% of the 21 Papua New Guinea fields on the register — a high-elevation field where density altitude can trim aircraft performance on warm days.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 27nmWBMWapenamanda AirportWapenamanda
- 42nmCMUChimbu AirportKundiawa
- 43nmMDUMendi AirportMendi
- 67nmGKAGoroka AirportGoronka
- 97nmMAGMadang AirportMadang
- 105nmVMUBaimuru AirportBaimuru
Location
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