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Daru Airport

Daru, Papua New Guinea

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Daru Airport

Daru, Papua New Guinea

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Remote gateway serving Papua New Guinea's Western Province.

Location

Daru, Papua New Guinea

Daru Airport (IATA: DAU, ICAO: AYDU) is a small regional airport serving Daru, the capital of Western Province in Papua New Guinea. It provides essential air connectivity for a town that is largely inaccessible by road, making aviation the primary means of reaching the island. The airport handles domestic flights connecting Daru to Port Moresby and other regional destinations within Papua New Guinea. It plays a critical role in supporting the local population, government services, and humanitarian operations in one of PNG's most remote provinces. Due to its location on Daru Island near the border with Indonesia and Australia's Cape York Peninsula, the airport also holds strategic significance for border management and occasional international monitoring activities.

Terminals

The airport has a single small terminal building typical of regional PNG airports, with basic passenger facilities.

Getting to & from

Ground transport within Daru town is limited to taxis and informal vehicle hire, as the island has a small road network.

Airlines here

Air Niugini and PNG Air operate domestic services connecting Daru to Port Moresby and other provincial centers.

Notable facts

›Daru is an island town, making air travel the primary mode of long-distance transportation.
›The airport serves Western Province, one of Papua New Guinea's most remote and least-developed regions.
›Daru Island lies close to the maritime border with Australia, giving the airport strategic border-region significance.
›The surrounding Torres Strait and Gulf of Papua region makes the airport important for humanitarian and medical flights.
›The runway is unpaved or lightly paved, typical of many remote PNG provincial airports.

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Airlines serving this airport

Airlines PNG

Air Niugini

Routes

DAU → LAECG · DH8

DAU → POMCG · DH8 DHT

DAU → UNGCG · DH8

DAU → POMPX · DH4 DH3

Aircraft operating here

DH83 routes De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter1 routes De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q1 routes De Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 Dash 81 routes

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