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Buka Airport

airport on Buka Island, Papua New Guinea
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Buka Airport

Summary

Buka Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Buka Airport is located in Autonomous Region of Bougainville[3].
  • Buka Airport is located in Buka Island[4].
  • Buka Airport is in the country of Papua New Guinea[5].
  • Buka Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[6].
  • Buka Airport's instance of is recorded as air base[7].
  • Buka Airport's instance of is recorded as commercial traffic aerodrome[8].
  • Buka Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as BUA[9].
  • Buka Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as AYBK[10].
  • Buka Airport's Commons category is recorded as Buka Airport (Papua New Guinea)[11].
  • Buka Airport's runway is recorded as 04/22[12].
  • Buka Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': -5.4222222222222, 'longitude': 154.6725}[13].
  • Buka Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Buka Island[14].
  • Buka Airport sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+3'}[15].
  • Buka Airport's aerodrome reference point is recorded as {'latitude': -5.42232, 'longitude': 154.673}[16].

Body

Geography

Buka Airport is in the country of Papua New Guinea[5]. Located in include Autonomous Region of Bougainville[3], an administrative territorial entity of Papua New Guinea[17], in Papua New Guinea[18], founded in 2004[19] and Buka Island[4], an island[20], in Papua New Guinea[21].

Physical Characteristics

Buka Airport sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+3'}[15].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include airport[6], air base[7], and commercial traffic aerodrome[8].

Why It Matters

Buka Airport ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Papua New Guinea

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Country → —
    Instance of → airport, air base, commercial traffic aerodrome
    Aerodrome reference point → {'latitude': -5.42232, 'longitude': 154.673}
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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