Airport · Papua New Guinea
Buka Airport
A medium airport with scheduled flights.
- Codes
- BUA · AYBK
- Town
- Buka Island
- Local time
- Pacific/Bougainville
- Elevation
- 3 m
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 1,562 m
- From DXB
- 11,200 km
- 13 hrs 55 mins · Estimate
Facts
BUA at a glance
From OurAirports (public domain), with the time zone of the place it serves.
- Codes
- IATA BUAICAO AYBK
- Size
- Medium
- Serves
- Buka Island
- No city of 15,000 people or more within 60 km
- Elevation
- 3 m (11 ft)
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 1,562 m
- Time zone
- Pacific/Bougainville
- Links
- Wikipedia
How far it is from the UAE
BUA from the UAE
From DXBBUA
11,200 km
13 hrs 55 mins · Estimate
From AUHBUA
11,270 km
14 hrs · Estimate
The great-circle distance, and a rough flying time: the distance at an average 850 km/h plus 45 minutes for take-off and landing. Real flights follow airways, meet headwinds and wait for traffic, so schedules differ.
Facts
Practical facts
The currency, plugs and emergency numbers of Papua New Guinea, where the airport is, and its clock right now.
- Local time
- Pacific/Bougainville
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Currency
- Papua New Guinean Kina PGKToday's indicative rate: PGK 1 ≈ USD 0.221Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Plugs
- Type I240 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 110fire111ambulance112policeAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Calling code · Driving
- +675 · On the left
Flights
Flights to or from BUA
Tell us the dates and who is flying, and a person comes back with the options. This page shows no fares or schedules.