Aiyura Airport
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Aiyura
Aiyura is the name of a valley located in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. It is the home of the Aiyura Agricultural Research Station, which was operated originally as the "Highlands Agricultural Experiment Station, Aiyura" beginning in 1936, Coffee Research Institute, Aiyura National...
, in the northeast highlands of Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
. It is at an elevation of 5,100 feet and the runway length is 4,200 feet. It is the main air base for Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL). The pilots and mechanics who work out of Aiyura Airport live in the nearby SIL town of Ukarumpa
Ukarumpa
Ukarumpa is an international community that is the main center for Summer Institute of Linguistics in Papua New Guinea, located in the Eastern Highlands Province. It lies approximately by road from Kainantu in the Aiyura Valley. The population consists of a variety of Christian workers, their...
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