Buin Airport (IATA:UBI) was an airport located near
Kara
Kara or KARA may refer to:
Geography Localities
* Kara, Chad, a sub-prefecture
* Kára, Hungary, a village
* Kara, Uttar Pradesh, India, a township
* Kara, Iran, a village in Lorestan Province
* Kara, Republic of Dagestan, a rural locality in Da ...
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Bougainville Island
Bougainville Island (Tok Pisin: ''Bogenvil'') is the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, which is part of Papua New Guinea. It was previously the main landmass in the German Empire-associated North Solomon Islands, North Solo ...
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Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
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History
World War II
The airfield was constructed by the
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
The was the air arm of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). The organization was responsible for the operation of naval aircraft and the conduct of aerial warfare in the Pacific War.
The Japanese military acquired their first aircraft in 1910 ...
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
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Buka Airport
Buka Airport is an airport serving Buka Island in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea.
It is located at the southern end of the island, near Buka Passage behind the town of Buka, and pre-war Chinatown. The airport termin ...
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Kahili Airfield
Kahili Airfield, also known as Buin Airfield, was an airfield located near Buin, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea.
History
The airfield was constructed by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in November 1942. The airfield was later neutr ...
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Kieta Airport
Aropa Airport (or Kieta Airport) is an airport in Kieta, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea.
History
The original grass airfield was occupied and expanded by the Imperial Japanese in spring 1942. It then became the target of Allied air bombin ...
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20120614000050/http://www.pacificwrecks.com/airfields/png/kara/index.html
Airports in Papua New Guinea
Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Defunct airports in Papua New Guinea
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