Kieta Airport
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| Kieta/Aropa Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
IATA: KIE – ICAO:   KIE | |||
| Summary | |||
| Location | Kieta, Papua New Guinea | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 10 ft / 3 m | ||
| Coordinates | 6°18.2′S 155°43.4′E / 6.3033°S 155.7233°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 14/32 | 1,645 | 5,397 | Asphalt |
| Source: PNG Airstrip Guide[1] | |||
Kieta Airport (or Aropa Airport) is a closed airport in Kieta, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea.[1]
History
The original grass airfield was occupied and expanded by the Imperial Japanese in spring 1942. It then became the target of Allied air bombing from mid-1943 to mid-1944.[2]
After World War II the airport became one of Bougainville's main airports.
The airport was partially destroyed during the Bougainville Crisis of the 1990s and has been closed since then.
Nowadays the airfield is disused and overgrown with bush.
On 13 February 2012, Papua New Guinea Post-Courier reported that the landowners had announced their intention to reopen the airport.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 PNG Airstrip Guide. August 2005.
- ↑ Kieta Airfield (Aropa)
Bibliography
- Odgers, George (1968). Volume II – Air War Against Japan, 1943–1945. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
External links
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