Tufi Airport

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Tufi Airport
Tufi Airstrip, looking North.
Summary
ServesTufi, Papua New Guinea
LocationTufi, Papua New Guinea
Elevation AMSL125 ft / 38.1 m
Coordinates09°04′33″S 149°19′12″E / 9.07583°S 149.32000°E / -9.07583; 149.32000
Map
TFI is located in Papua New Guinea
TFI
TFI
Location of airport in Papua New Guinea
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
239 3,018 920 Unpaved
Uncontrolled aerodrome. No tower or operations center, no lighting, no ILS, no refueling. Day VFR only.

Tufi Airport is an airport in Tufi, Papua New Guinea built in the 1960s by the Australian Army.[1] It consists of a single 920 by 30 meters (3,018 ft × 98 ft) unpaved runway along a 059-239 degree axis.[2] There is no control tower and refueling is not available. Air Niugini flights are typically scheduled on Monday (POM-PNP-TFI-POM) and Friday (POM-TFI-PNP-POM). Tropic Air also schedules irregular cargo and passenger charter flights.

Airlines and destinations[edit]

AirlinesDestinations
Air Niugini Port Moresby[3]
PNG Air[4] Popondetta, Rabaul

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tufi Airfield". pacificwrecks.com. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Tufi Airport". Skyvector.com. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  3. ^ Liu, Jim. "Air Niugini adds Port Moresby – Tufi service from late-Sep 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  4. ^ Airlines PNG flight schedule[permanent dead link]

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