Airports / Papua New Guinea / WBM
Wapenamanda Airport
AYWD / WBMWapenamanda, Papua New GuineaELEV 5,889 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
27 nm
To the nearest alternate
Mount Hagen Kagamuga Airport (HGU) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Wapenamanda Airport, listed as AYWD / WBM, is a mid-sized airport in Wapenamanda, Papua New Guinea. The field lies at an elevation of 5,889 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
WBM has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Mount Hagen Kagamuga Airport (HGU, 27 nm), Mendi Airport (MDU, 34 nm), and Chimbu Airport (CMU, 69 nm).
Quotes for flights out of WBM vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from WBM, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
AYWD
IATA
WBM
FAA / Local
AYWD
Elevation
5,889 ft
Coordinates
5.6353° S · 143.8922° 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 5,889 ft, WBM sits higher than 95% 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.
- 27nmHGUMount Hagen Kagamuga AirportMount Hagen
- 34nmMDUMendi AirportMendi
- 69nmCMUChimbu AirportKundiawa
- 93nmGKAGoroka AirportGoronka
- 116nmMAGMadang AirportMadang
- 124nmWWKWewak International AirportWewak
Location
Open the full mapAYWD · Wapenamanda Airport · Wapenamanda, Papua New Guinea