Tokua Airport (New Rabaul Airport)
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Location
Located at Tokua to the east of Kokopo, south-east of Rabaul.

Construction
This is not a wartime airfield. Built in 1983, with Japanese goverment assistance and funds. Built due to fears that a volcanic eruption would disable Rabaul's Lakunai Airfield.

Today
After a severe 1994 volcano eruption that destroyed Rabaul town, this new airport airport became the only one servicing the Rabaul area, and remains in service to this day. It is occasionally closed if volcanic ash blows towards Tokua.

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