AviatDataRabaul (Tokua) Airport RAB / AYTK
Kokopo / Rabaul, East New Britain Province · Papua New Guinea · National Airports Corporation (NAC) — Papua New Guinea state-owned company, established under the Civil Aviation Act 2000 and incorporated in 2009 under the Companies Act 1997; confirmed via nac.com.pg to own/operate 22 national airports across PNG (Port Moresby, Nadzab, Madang, Kagamuga/Mt Hagen, Goroka, Tokua/Rabaul, Hoskins, Kavieng, Momote, Gurney, Girua, Wewak, Vanimo, Buka, Aropa, Mendi, Wapenamanda, Tari, Kundiawa, Daru, Kiunga, Kerema). Tokua itself is widely reported as built with Japanese Government grant aid and opened in 1998 as a replacement for Lakunai Airfield, destroyed in the September 1994 Rabaul caldera eruption; NAC has owned/operated the field since. The specific contractor attribution (design/construction by Nippon Koei Co Ltd and Fujita Corporation) could not be independently confirmed against a primary JICA or NAC record - it is repeated in secondary sources but treat as unverified.
160kpax · 2025
Limited hoursJet A-1
ICAO / IATAAYTK / RAB
OperatorNational Airports Corporation (NAC) — Papua New Guinea state-owned company, established under the Civil Aviation Act 2000 and incorporated in 2009 under the Companies Act 1997; confirmed via nac.com.pg to own/operate 22 national airports across PNG (Port Moresby, Nadzab, Madang, Kagamuga/Mt Hagen, Goroka, Tokua/Rabaul, Hoskins, Kavieng, Momote, Gurney, Girua, Wewak, Vanimo, Buka, Aropa, Mendi, Wapenamanda, Tari, Kundiawa, Daru, Kiunga, Kerema). Tokua itself is widely reported as built with Japanese Government grant aid and opened in 1998 as a replacement for Lakunai Airfield, destroyed in the September 1994 Rabaul caldera eruption; NAC has owned/operated the field since. The specific contractor attribution (design/construction by Nippon Koei Co Ltd and Fujita Corporation) could not be independently confirmed against a primary JICA or NAC record - it is repeated in secondary sources but treat as unverified.
Coordinates4.3404°S, 152.3800°E
Elevation32 ft · 10 m
Time zonePGT (UTC+10, no DST)
Passengers / yr160,000 (2025)
CustomsNo
Border controlNo
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceAYTK — AIP Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby FIR. Corrected: PNG's ANSP/AIP publisher is PNG Air Services Limited (PNGASL); This substitution is based on general aviation-industry knowledge, not a live-fetched PNGASL source (its site was unreachable) - confirm against the current AIP PNG cover page before relying on the publisher name.
Operating hoursConfirmed directly against nac.com.pg's own Tokua Airport page: office hours are listed as 'Sunday - Sunday: 8.00am - 5.00pm' local, daily. No separate published H24 ATC schedule was found. AYTK has an operating control tower (118.20 MHz) and ATIS (128.30 MHz) - confirmed via SkyVector - so service is effectively daylight/flight-schedule-driven, matched to Air Niugini and PNG Air domestic movements. No ILS is published for the field; the only navaid listed is the distant Kavieng VOR (117.10, bearing 132 deg, 140.7nm) - also confirmed via SkyVector.
TerminalsSingle small single-storey terminal (rebuilt 1998 under the Japanese Government-funded reconstruction; contractor attribution to Nippon Koei Co Ltd and Fujita Corporation is unverified, see operator note) handling all traffic with no international/domestic separation - check-in counters, security screening, one waiting lounge/gate, baggage claim, an ATM and currency exchange point, a small cafe, and an Air Niugini Kumul Lounge for premium passengers; no aerobridges. Corrected: Air Niugini's own site (airniugini.com. A claim that Puma Energy is the on-field fuel/FBO handler, and that a mid-2025 PEA/OTML joint venture began supplying Jet A-1 into Tokua, could not be verified against any primary or news source reachable - flag as unconfirmed and check with NAC/Puma Energy before relying on it operationally.
Runways (1)
- 10/28 · 1,720 m / 5,643 ft · 28 m wide · Asphalt
Airport contact
Tokua (about 20km from Rabaul town, on Blanche Bay) replaced Lakunai Airfield after the September 1994 eruption destroyed it; Rabaul's caldera remains active (Tavurvur), and the airport was briefly closed by ashfall as recently as 2006 - all confirmed via Wikipedia/world-airport-codes. It is domestic-only - no scheduled international service. No distinct 'Link PNG' flights appear on the current board, so that subsidiary brand may no longer be operating separately from Air Niugini mainline - verify before relying on it. PNG publishes no official airport-level passenger statistics; the ~160,000 annual pax figure given here is an unverified 2025 estimate, not a confirmed NAC/CAA count - treat with caution and confirm before relying on it operationally. Runway is confirmed 10/28, 1,720m/5,643ft asphalt, about 28m/92ft wide, no ILS - checked against Wikipedia (infobox and body text), world-airport-codes, and SkyVector, all of which agree; this contradicts a '09/27 1770m' figure suggested in the fact-check brief, which no independent source supported, so it was not adopted. Elevation is given as 32ft/10m per Wikipedia's Facilities-section body text, which explicitly states this for the current Tokua field; note Wikipedia's own infobox (likely stale legacy DAFIF-derived data, echoed by OurAirports/world-airport-codes/SkyVector) instead shows 49ft/15m - this conflict could not be resolved without direct access to the current AIP PNG (PNGASL) chart, which was unreachable; reconcile before operational use. Coordinates (-4.3404, 152.3800) are confirmed to within about 100m across Wikipedia, OurAirports and SkyVector.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 2 providers
PNG Air
Self-handled, PNG Air - PNG Air and Air Niugini are the two scheduled carriers serving Tokua. PNG Air's own Operations page confirms it provides ground handling, fuel coordination, assistance with international clearances, loading and ground services to other operators within PNG (•••, ••• / •••). A prior draft's specific account of PNG Air taking over self-handling from a contractor called "Niugini Ground Services (NGS)" on 5 October 2025 after failed KPIs could not be corroborated in PNG Air's own press releases or PNG business press, so that narrative is dropped as unconfirmed; the underlying self-handling status is kept on the weaker general grounds above.
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Air Niugini
Self-handled, Air Niugini - Air Niugini operates scheduled domestic service to Rabaul-Tokua and is one of only two scheduled carriers at the airport; its own Contact Us page lists a dedicated "Rabaul - Tokua" station line (180 3444 toll-free, •••). Named individual station staff and a "•••" / ••• contact appearing in a prior draft could not be found anywhere on Air Niugini's official site and have been dropped as unverifiable.
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Aircraft fuel
Available
Puma Energy
Puma Energy is PNG's principal branded aviation-fuel supplier; its own aviation pages confirm Jet A-1 and Avgas supply 24/7 to international standards.com (the AC-U-KWIK AYTK airport page returned HTTP 403 and could not be accessed). · 24/7
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Available · 2 providers
PNG Air
PNG Air's own Freight page lists Rabaul among the network's domestic freight destinations ("Port Moresby, Lae, Mount Hagen, Rabaul, and regional airports"), handled via the airline's dedicated domestic cargo desk (•••, ••• / 302 3169) rather than the ground-handling inbox used above.
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Air Niugini
Air Niugini's cargo pages describe only a single domestic cargo hub in Port Moresby (•••, ••• / 3819); no Rabaul/Tokua-specific cargo office or contact is published, so local cargo handling is presumed to run through the same station staff as passenger ops but remains unconfirmed.
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Aviation security
Not listed
Passenger & crew transport
Available
Avis
Car/4WD rental serving Tokua Airport; Avis PNG's own site confirms 12 locations "around the country, including all major airports." A branch address (Williams Rd, Takubar, Rabaul) and hours from a prior draft could not be independently re-loaded from Avis's PNG site to re-confirm the exact figures, so treat those specifics as carried over rather than freshly verified. · Mon-Fri 08:00-17:00, Sat 09:00-16:00
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Flight support
Unconfirmed
Puma Energy
A prior draft cited an AC-U-KWIK FBO/Handler listing for Puma Energy at AYTK (Rabaul-Tokua) covering pilot services and general aircraft services beyond fuelling; that page could not be accessed this pass (HTTP 403 Forbidden), so any FBO/handling scope beyond fuel supply remains unconfirmed rather than verified.
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Hotel & travel
Unconfirmed
Gazelle International Hotel
Kokopo's main international-standard hotel (Makau Esplanade, ~10-12km from Tokua Airport), commonly used for layovers in this small market; a claimed complimentary 24-hour airport shuttle and any specific airline/crew accommodation contract could not be (hotel website unreachable), so listed as unconfirmed rather than a documented crew-hotel agreement.
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