Buin Airport

Buin Airport
IATA: UBIICAO: none
Summary
Serves Kara, Bougainville Island
Location Papua New Guinea
Coordinates 06°44′00″S 155°41′06″E / 6.73333°S 155.68500°E / -6.73333; 155.68500Coordinates: 06°44′00″S 155°41′06″E / 6.73333°S 155.68500°E / -6.73333; 155.68500

Buin Airport (IATA:UBI) was an airport located near Kara, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea.

History

Kara Airfield
Toripoil Airfield
Buin, Bougainville Island
Coordinates 06°44′00″S 155°41′06″E / 6.73333°S 155.68500°E / -6.73333; 155.68500
Type Military Airfield
Site information
Controlled by Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
Condition abandoned
Site history
Built 1943
In use 1943-88
Materials coral and bitumen
Battles/wars Operation I-Go
Bougainville Campaign

World War II

The airfield was constructed by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in 1943 and known as Kara Airfield and Toripoil Airfield.

Postwar

The airport was used by Air Niugini and other local carriers for air service to the Buin area, however the airport was destroyed during the Bougainville Crisis.

See also


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