Kavieng Airport Kavieng Airport IATA : KVG - ICAO : AYKV Summary Airport type Public Operator N/A Serves Kavieng Elevation AMSL 2 m ( 7 ft ) Coordinates 02°34′45″S , 150°48′28″E Runways Direction Length Surface m ft 12/30 1 , 704 5 , 592 Asphalt Kavieng Airport ( IATA : KVG ,   ICAO : AYKV ) is located in Kavieng , New Ireland , Papua New Guinea and is located approximately 1 km away from the town centre . The airport was first built by the Japanese as a military airbase in 1942 . After the end of the war , it was converted to civilian use , and now possesses a modern , though small terminal facility . It is officially an international airport , but is yet to be used for regular commercial international flights . Airlines and destinations Air Niugini ( Port Moresby , Rabaul , Lae , Manus ) Airlink ( Rabaul , Namatanai , Nissan , Buka , Lihir ) External link World Aero Data airport information for AYKV  This article about an Oceanian airport is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . Categories : Airports in Papua New Guinea | Oceanian airport stubs In other languages : Suomi KVG AYKV AYKV 