Gurney Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Gurney Airport
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IATA = GUR
ICAO = AYGN
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type = Public
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location = Alotau, Papua New Guinea
elevation-f = 88
elevation-m = 27
coordinates = Coord|10|18|41.51|S|150|20|01.52|E|type:airport
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r1-number = 09/27
r1-length-f = 5546
r1-length-m = 1690
r1-surface = Asphalt
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footnotes = Source: World Aero Data [http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=PP23101]

Gurney Airport is an airport in Alotau, Papua New Guinea airport codes|GUR|AYGN.

History

Built by the US Army 96th Engineer General Service Regiment, Company E of 46th Engineer General Service Regiment and No. 6 Mobile Works Squadron RAAF during World War II. Consisting of two parrelel runways with the first runway convert|6000|ft|m long x convert|150|ft|m wide surfaced with bitumen and the second runway convert|5340|ft|m long x convert|100|ft|m wide surfaced with marston matting. Taxiways and revetments extended off both sides of the runways. Known as "Fall River Aerodrome" and "No. 1 Strip". The airfield was named "Gurney Field" on 14 September 1942 in honour of Royal Australian Air Force Squadron Leader C.R. Gurney, who was killed in an aircraft crash.

Allied Units Based at Gurney Field

*8th Fighter Group, 35th Fighter Squadron USAAF - (P-40)
*8th Fighter Group, 80th Fighter Squadron USAAF - (P-38 & P-39)
*No. 32 Squadron RAAF - (Lockheed Hudson)
*No. 75 Squadron RAAF (P-40)
*No. 76 Squadron RAAF (P-40)
*No. 100 Squadron RAAF
*No. 10 Repair and Salvage Unit RAAF

Airlines and Destinations

*Air Niugini (Port Moresby)
*Airlines PNG (Losuia, Misima Island, Port Moresby)