Buin Airport

Buin Airport
IATA: UBI ICAO: none
Summary
Serves	Kara, Bougainville Island
Location	Papua New Guinea
Coordinates	06°44′00″S 155°41′06″E / 6.73333°S 155.68500°E / -6.73333; 155.68500Coordinates: 06°44′00″S 155°41′06″E / 6.73333°S 155.68500°E / -6.73333; 155.68500

Buin Airport (IATA:UBI) was an airport located near Kara, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea.

History[]

Kara Airfield Toripoil Airfield
Buin, Bougainville Island
Coordinates	06°44′00″S 155°41′06″E / 6.73333°S 155.68500°E / -6.73333; 155.68500
Type	Military Airfield
Site information
Controlled by	Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
Condition	abandoned
Site history
Built	1943
In use	1943-88
Materials	coral and bitumen
Battles/wars	Operation I-Go Bougainville Campaign

World War II[]

The airfield was constructed by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in 1943 and known as Kara Airfield and Toripoil Airfield.

Postwar[]

The airport was used by Air Niugini and other local carriers for air service to the Buin area, however the airport was destroyed during the Bougainville Crisis.

See also[]

• Buka Airport
• Kahili Airfield
• Kieta Airport

External links[]

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120614000050/http://www.pacificwrecks.com/airfields/png/kara/index.html

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