Goroka Airport
| Goroka Airport | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | AYGA |
| IATA code | GKA |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 1610 m (5282 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 0 km south of Goroka |
| Basic data | |
| operator | Air Niugini (?) |
| Runways | |
| 17R / 35L | 1646 m × 30 m asphalt |
| 17L / 35R | 1214 m of asphalt |
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The Goroka airport is located in the province of Eastern Highlands in Papua New Guinea in the midst of about 19,000 inhabitants provincial capital Goroka .
The two asphalt runways at an altitude of 1610 m are 1646 and 1214 m long.
Air Niugini offers twice daily flights to the state capital Port Moresby, 425 km to the southeast . Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) provides many villages scattered in the jungle with transport services.
The companies Talair (1992), Goroka Air Services (1997) and Airlink (1999) each recorded one crash with a total of 30 fatalities.
Web links
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
- Great Circle Mapper
Individual evidence
- ↑ Distance from Port Moresby to Goroka
- ↑ Where We Work: Papua New Guinea ( Memento of September 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), MAF website (English)
- ↑ Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)