Kirakira Airport

Kirakira Airport Ngorangora Airstrip
IATA: IRA – ICAO: AGGK
Summary
Airport type		Public
Location		Kirakira, Makira Island, Solomon Islands
Coordinates		10°26′58″S 161°53′54″E / 10.44944°S 161.89833°E / -10.44944; 161.89833

Kirakira Airport (IATA: IRA^[1], ICAO: AGGK^[2]) is an airport located at Kirakira on the island of Makira (formerly San Cristobal), part of the Makira-Ulawa Province in the Solomon Islands. It is also known as Ngorangora Airstrip^[3] and was constructed in the late 1950s.^[4] The airport has scheduled flights provided by Solomon Airlines, using DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft.^[5][6]

Airlines and destinations

• Solomon Airlines (Arona, Honiara, Marau, Santa Ana, Santa Cruz)^[5][6][7]

References

1. ^ Accident history for Kirakira Airport (IRA) at Aviation Safety Network
2. ^ Airport information for AGGK / IRA - Ngorangora - Kirakira, Makira Island, Solomon Islands at Great Circle Mapper.
3. ^ Stanley, David (2004). Moon Handbooks: South Pacific (8 ed.). Avalon Travel. pp. 1034–1035. ISBN 9781566914116. OCLC 224404243. http://books.google.com/books?id=EDGapfBX-CAC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA1034#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
4. ^ "Makira/Ulawa Province Development Profile". Ministry of Provincial Government and Rural Development. August 2001. http://www.internal-displacement.org/8025708F004CE90B/(httpDocuments)/6CAB2FE1BD7D6A24802570B70059F68D/$file/Makira_profile.pdf. 
5. ^ ^{a b} Solomon Airlines
6. ^ ^{a b} Solomon Airlines Northern Summer Schedule - Issue No. 68 - Effective 03 Aug 2009
7. ^ "Domestic Route Map". Solomon Airlines. Archived from the original on 2007-01-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20070127174833/http://www.solomonairlines.com.au/domesticroutemap.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-17.