Mendi Airport guide

Mendi Airport, ICAO code AYMN, serves Mendi, the provincial capital of Southern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea. It also draws passengers from nearby Hela and part of Enga province. The field sits at 1,730 metres (5,680 feet) above sea level and has one asphalt runway, designated 17/35, about 1,344 metres long.

The airport closed to regular service for several years. The National Airports Corporation rehabilitated the runway and in 2022 said a temporary terminal would be built while the permanent building was finished. The work was meant to ease pressure on Kagamuga Airport at Mount Hagen, which highlands travellers had been using instead.

Scheduled service has been thin since the reopening. PNG Air resumed flights in April 2024, and recent listings show about one flight a week. Air Niugini is reported not to have flown here since 2018. Because schedules change often, confirm flights with the airline before planning a trip.