Airports / Papua New Guinea / WWK
Wewak International Airport
AYWK / WWKWewak, Papua New GuineaELEV 19 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
124 nm
To the nearest alternate
Wapenamanda Airport (WBM).
Overview
Located in Wewak, Papua New Guinea, Wewak International Airport (AYWK / WWK) operates as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 19 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
WWK has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Wapenamanda Airport (WBM, 124 nm), Mount Hagen Kagamuga Airport (HGU, 140 nm), and Vanimo Airport (VAI, 152 nm).
Quotes for flights out of WWK vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from WWK, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
AYWK
IATA
WWK
FAA / Local
AYWK
Elevation
19 ft
Coordinates
3.5838° S · 143.6690° 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 19 ft, WWK sits lower 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.
- 124nmWBMWapenamanda AirportWapenamanda
- 140nmHGUMount Hagen Kagamuga AirportMount Hagen
- 152nmVAIVanimo AirportVanimo
- 154nmMDUMendi AirportMendi
- 160nmMAGMadang AirportMadang
- 166nmCMUChimbu AirportKundiawa
Location
Open the full mapAYWK · Wewak International Airport · Wewak, Papua New Guinea