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| Lae Nadzab Airport |
IATA: LAE – ICAO: AYNZ
Lae Nadzab
Airport (Papua New Guinea)
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| Summary |
| Airport type |
Public |
| Operator |
Papua New Guinea Office of Civil Aviation |
| Location |
Lae / Nadzab,
Papua New Guinea |
| Elevation AMSL |
239 ft / 73 m |
| Coordinates |
06°34′11″S 146°43′34″E / 6.56972°S 146.72611°E / -6.56972; 146.72611 |
| Runways |
| Direction |
Length |
Surface |
| ft |
m |
| 09/27 |
8,004 |
2,440 |
Asphalt |
| Source: DAFIF |
Lae Nadzab Airport (IATA: LAE, ICAO: AYNZ) is a regional airport located in Lae, Papua New Guinea. It is served by regional aircraft with domestic flight. Airlines and destinations
Passenger airlines operating in Lae Airport
| Airlines |
Destinations |
| Air Niugini |
Hoskins, Madang, Manus Island, Mount Hagen, Port Moresby |
| Airlines PNG |
Mount Hagen, Port Moresby |
| North Coast Aviation |
Bulolo, Finschhafen, Kabwum, Lablab, Omora, Satwag Wau, Yalumet |
HistoryNadzab Airfield was built by the United States Army during World War II and was developed into a massive airbase complex. It was home to many USAAF and RAAF units during the war when it was a forward base of operations against Japanese positions, and was vital afterwards as a staging area.
Two parallel runways were built, running roughly east to west. No. 1 Strip was located to the north. Parallel and to the south was No. 2 Strip, closest to the Markham River. Towards the end of the war, the 21st Air Depot Unit at Nadzab began to manage a storage and reclamation area for excess Allied aircraft and salvage area for repairs. The CRTC (Combat Replacement Training Center) flew out of the base into 1945 until it was turned over to the New Guinea government
The airfield was underutilized after the war until the mid to late 1970s. Up until then, live ammunition could still be found, from both sides of the conflict. Today, the former 'East Base' or No. 1 & No. 2 runways are still in use by Air Nugini and for civil aviation, mainly servicing Lae which is 45 km away. Nearly every road in the area was built by American forces, and even as you land at Nadzab today, you can still see WWII era taxiways in the overgrown areas outside the modern landing area.
Allied units assigned to NadzabAccidents and incidents
- On 18 November 1987, Douglas C-47B P2-006 of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force was damaged beyond economic repair in an emergency landing shortly after take-off. An engine had lost power and a wing was ripped of in the subsequent belly landing.
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| General Info
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| Country |
Papua New Guinea
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| ICAO ID |
AYNZ
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| Time |
UTC+10
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| Latitude |
-6.569828
06° 34' 11.38" S
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| Longitude |
146.726242
146° 43' 34.47" E
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| Elevation |
239 feet
73 meters
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| Type |
Civil
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| Magnetic Variation |
006° E (01/06)
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| Beacon |
Yes
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| Operating Agency |
CIVIL GOVERNMENT, (LANDING FEES AND DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE MAY BE REQUIRED)
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| Communications
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TWR
Opr 1900-0900Z.
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121.7
1615
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LAE RDO
Opr 1900-0900Z, OT ctc Port Moresby.
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120.7
123.9
127.1
3419
5565
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ATIS
Opr 1900-0900Z.
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128.6
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APP
Opr 1900-0900Z.
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118.6
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| Runways
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| ID |
Dimensions |
Surface |
PCN |
ILS
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| 09/27 |
8004 x 98 feet
2440 x 30 meters |
ASPHALT |
030FBXU |
NO
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| Navaids
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| Type |
ID |
Name |
Channel |
Freq |
Distance From Field |
Bearing From Navaid
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| VOR-DME |
NZ |
NADZAB |
086X |
113.9 |
At Field |
-
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| NDB |
NZ |
NADZAB |
- |
1615 |
1.1 NM |
089.5
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| Supplies/Equipment
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| Fuel |
Jet A1, without icing nhibitor.
100/130 octane gasoline, leaded, MIL-L-5572F (GREEN)
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| Oil |
O-113, 1065, Reciprocating Engine Oil (MIL L 6082)
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| Remarks
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| CAUTION |
Bird and animal haz.
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| FUEL |
Opr 2000-0800Z. (NC-100, A1)
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| LGT |
Rwy lgt and T-VASI have 30 NM remote ctl by 10 sec pulse on 124.7 MHz for 1 hr lgt.
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