Port Moresby Jacksons International Airport

Port Moresby Jacksons International Airport (AYPY) is a large airport in Port Moresby, NCD, Papua New Guinea. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code AYPY or IATA code POM. It sits in Oceania.

Port Moresby Jacksons International Airport is a commercial-airline hub that also handles a steady stream of private and corporate traffic. Mixed commercial and private operations mean planners should expect slot coordination, handling agent involvement, and the usual international hub procedures.

Port Moresby Jacksons International Airport sits near sea level at 146 ft.

Local operations run on Pacific/Port_Moresby. Because the field hosts scheduled airline operations, private operators should expect a defined slot environment, possible CDM coordination at peak banks, and limited ramp availability during major event weekends. Booking FBO ramp space in advance is normal practice.

SkyAccess inventory for AYPY updates continuously as operators publish new empty legs and one-way repositioning trips. Pricing on each leg is available with a free account, and an inventory alert will email you the moment a leg appears on the route you care about.

As one of the larger fields in Papua New Guinea, AYPY tends to be the natural choice for long-range international charters and crew-rest-required flights.

Port Moresby International Airport, also known as Jacksons International Airport, is an international airport located 8 kilometres outside of Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea. It is the largest and busiest airport in Papua New Guinea, with an estimated 1.6 million passengers using the airport in 2025, and is the main hub for Air Niugini, the national airline of Papua New Guinea, as well as the main hub for PNG Air. It replaced the original Port Moresby airport, in what is now the suburb of Waigani, whose airstrip remained until the 1990s but no trace of which remains, having been built over.