Airports / Papua New Guinea / VAI
Vanimo Airport
AYVN / VAIVanimo, Papua New GuineaELEV 10 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
47 nm
To the nearest alternate
Dortheys Hiyo Eluay International Airport (DJJ).
Overview
Vanimo Airport (AYVN / VAI) is a mid-sized airport serving Vanimo, Papua New Guinea. Field elevation is 10 feet above sea level. Scheduled carriers operate here, and the field also sees regular private and charter activity.
While no charter operators list VAI as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Dortheys Hiyo Eluay International Airport (DJJ, 47 nm), Oksibil Airport (OKL, 139 nm), and Wewak International Airport (WWK, 152 nm).
Trip costs from VAI 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 VAI to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
AYVN
IATA
VAI
FAA / Local
AYVN
Elevation
10 ft
Coordinates
2.6926° S · 141.3028° 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 10 ft, VAI sits lower than 86% 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.
- 47nmDJJDortheys Hiyo Eluay International AirportSentani
- 139nmOKLOksibil AirportOksibil
- 152nmWWKWewak International AirportWewak
- 164nmWMXWamena AirportWamena
- 213nmTMHTanah Merah AirportTanah Merah
- 235nmWBMWapenamanda AirportWapenamanda
Location
Open the full mapAYVN · Vanimo Airport · Vanimo, Papua New Guinea