Tingwon Airport

Economic reasons. The airstrip was a private facility built and maintained to support a commercial logging camp on Tingwon Island. It was abandoned after the logging operations ceased. With the primary economic driver for its existence gone, there was no funding or need for its continued maintenance, leading to its closure and disuse.

The airport is completely abandoned and non-operational. The former runway and apron areas are now heavily overgrown with dense jungle vegetation, making the airstrip's outline barely visible from the air. The site is entirely reclaimed by nature and is unusable for any form of aviation.

Tingwon Airport's significance was purely logistical and localized. It was never a public airport with scheduled passenger services. Its sole purpose was to serve as a vital link for the resource industry, likely a logging company. Operations would have involved light, rugged STOL (Short Take-Off and Landing) aircraft, such as the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter or Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander, which are common in Papua New Guinea's challenging environment. These aircraft would have transported personnel, food, medical supplies, and essential equipment to the remote camp.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Tingwon Airport. Re-establishing the airstrip would require a substantial investment to clear the vegetation, survey the ground, and rebuild the runway surface. Given the small population of the island and the absence of any new large-scale economic activity (such as mining, tourism, or renewed logging), there is currently no justification for the significant cost of its rehabilitation. The prospects for reopening are considered extremely low to non-existent.