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Aranuka Airport

Buariki, Kiribati

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Elevation

6 ft

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Location

Buariki · G · Kiribati

Position

0.185°, 173.637° · 6 ft elev.

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Remote Pacific airstrip serving the Aranuka Atoll community.

Location

Buariki, Kiribati

Aranuka Airport (IATA: AAK, ICAO: NGUK) is a small domestic airport located on Aranuka Atoll in the Gilbert Islands group of Kiribati, serving the village of Buariki. It provides a vital air link for this remote coral atoll, which is otherwise accessible only by sea. The airport features a single unpaved or compacted coral airstrip typical of outer-island facilities in Kiribati. It handles light aircraft operations connecting Aranuka to South Tarawa, the capital of Kiribati, and occasionally to other islands in the Gilbert chain. Due to the atoll's small and dispersed population, flight frequency is limited and services are primarily operated by the national carrier. The airport plays a critical role in medical evacuations and the transport of essential supplies to the island community.

Terminals

The airport has no formal terminal building; passenger facilities are minimal, consistent with remote outer-island airstrips in Kiribati.

Getting to & from

Ground transport on Aranuka is extremely limited, with the airstrip located in close proximity to the small local community it serves.

Airlines here

Air Kiribati operates inter-island domestic services connecting Aranuka to Tarawa and other Gilbert Islands destinations.

Notable facts

›Aranuka Atoll is a low-lying coral atoll vulnerable to sea-level rise in the central Pacific Ocean.
›The airstrip uses a coral or gravel surface typical of remote Kiribati outer-island airports.
›Air services are infrequent, often operating only a few times per week or less.
›The airport serves a population of only a few hundred residents on the atoll.
›Air transport is the fastest link to medical and government services in South Tarawa.

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Aranuka Airport is an airport, located approximately one kilometre north of the centre of Buariki village on the island of Buariki, Aranuka, Kiribati.

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Aranuka Airport

Airport in Buariki, Kiribati

Aranuka Airport is an airport, located approximately one kilometre north of the centre of Buariki village on the island of Buariki, Aranuka, Kiribati.

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