Tadji Airport is an
airfield
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serving
Tadji, near
Aitape
Aitape is a small town of about 18,000 people on the north coast of Papua New Guinea in the Sandaun Province. It is a coastal settlement that is almost equidistant from the provincial capitals of Wewak and Vanimo, and marks the midpoint of the ...
, in the
Sandaun Province
Sandaun Province (formerly West Sepik Province) is the northwesternmost mainland province of Papua New Guinea. It covers an area of 35,920 km2 (13868 m2) and has a population of 248,411 (2011 census). The capital is Vanimo. In July 1998 the a ...
of
Papua New Guinea
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.
History
![Working on the airstrip at tadji (cropped)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Working_on_the_airstrip_at_tadji_%28cropped%29.jpg)
The airport was built by the Japanese in 1942 and was seized by the Allies as a part of
Operation Persecution
Persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another individual or group. The most common forms are religious persecution, racism, and political persecution, though there is naturally some overlap between these terms ...
during April 1944.
Airlines and destinations
(no known scheduled services)
References
External links
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Airports in Papua New Guinea
Sandaun Province
World War II airfields in Papua New Guinea
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