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Witu Airport

Garove Island, Papua New Guinea

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Elevation

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WIU

Location

Garove Island · WBK · Papua New Guinea

Position

-4.690°, 149.440° · 25 ft elev.

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Remote island airstrip serving Garove Island, Papua New Guinea.

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Garove Island, Papua New Guinea

Witu Airport (IATA: WIU, ICAO: AYIX) is a small, remote airstrip located on Garove Island, part of the Witu Islands group in West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. The airport provides essential air access to an otherwise isolated island community with no regular road or ferry connections to major population centers. The airport primarily serves light aircraft and small regional carriers operating within Papua New Guinea's extensive network of rural and remote airstrips. It plays a vital role in connecting the local population to services, supplies, and administrative centers on the mainland.

Getting to & from

Ground transport on Garove Island is extremely limited, with no formal public transportation system linking the airstrip to the broader island.

Airlines here

Light regional operators and charter services connecting to other Papua New Guinea destinations have historically served Witu Airport.

Notable facts

›Located on Garove Island in the Witu Islands group, West New Britain Province.
›Garove Island is the site of a large volcanic caldera, making the location geologically significant.
›The airport serves a small, isolated community with limited alternative transport options.
›Part of Papua New Guinea's extensive network of rural airstrips critical to remote community access.

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