Vanimo Airport guide

Vanimo Airport (ICAO: AYVN) serves Vanimo, the capital of Sandaun Province in the north-west corner of Papua New Guinea. The town sits on a peninsula about 100 km from Jayapura in Indonesia, and the airport lies on its southern edge. The PNG National Airports Corporation operates it.

The airport has one asphalt runway, 12/30. It was extended by 300 metres to 1,960 m in November 2020, which lets Fokker 100 aircraft operate without restrictions. The apron takes two Fokker 100s at a time. In the 1980s Air Niugini flew here three times a week to Port Moresby via Jayapura and Wewak, and the airport held international status. That service ended after the Asian financial crisis.

A new terminal opened in June 2022 as part of a K70.1 million upgrade funded by the PNG government and the Asian Development Bank. It cost K28.8 million and holds more than 100 people. Today the airport handles domestic flights, with Air Niugini and PNG Air the scheduled carriers.