Papua New Guinea - Geodetic Monitoring Site

Site ID
TAB2
Station Location
Tabubil Airport
Station Number
TAB2
Station Address
Tabubil Airport
WGS-84 Station Coordinates (from GPS display)
Latitude            S 5°16'45".0
Longitude         E 141°13'39".2
Ellipsoidal Ht     491 m

SITE OWNERSHIP

Owner / Authority

Tabubil Airport

Site Contact/s

Contact Airport Manager / Air Traffic Controller


Phone

Fax

Address

Email

STATION DESCRIPTION

Station marker

iron Star picket set in concrete
Inscription


Reference marks

PSM 25020 located underneath control tower
Witness marks

Witness Post 1.052m NNE of mark
Azimuth marks

none
Station constructed by/date
National Mapping Bureau, April 1997 as part of DCA Aerodrome survey

special instructions
Contact airport manager / air-traffic controller beforehand (via gate security if no phone access) and they will give authorisation for security guards at gate to let survey party in.

Site soil / Geology
limestone



SITE ACCESS

Air
By air from Port Moresby, Mount Hagen and Lae (Airlines PNG - daily flights)
Site is located next to airport control tower.

Roads
Tabubil is also accessible from Kiunga by road. The 137km road follows the pipeline from Kiunga to Tabubil and is an all weather, graded, gravel road used primarily by Ok Tedi convoys. Travel time is between 2.5 and 3 hours depending upon convoys.

DRIVERS MUST GIVE WAY TO THE CONVOYS!

A pilot vehicle warns oncoming traffic of an approaching convoy. The number displayed on top of the pilot vehicle indicates the number of vehicles in the convoy. Pull off the road and wait for all the vehicles to pass. The last vehicle has two green flags to indicate that it is the last vehicle and is safe to enter the road. Other vehicles have red flags, indicating that another vehicle is following.

SITE FACILITIES

Power

Tabubil has reliable 24hr mains power

Shelter
Tent required for eqpt.

Accommodation

Cloudlands Hotel in Tabubil is about 1.5km south of the site.
phone 548 9277, fax 548 9301, email cloudlands@daltron.com.pg
Single K165, twin K198 per night
Hotel has very good restauarant, dinners ~K25

The hotel driver can provide transport to the site, for about K5 a time (paid to hotel)

Security
Airport security provide 24 hr security. Let security / air traffic controller know and they will make sure it is looked after.

Labour

Communications
Telephones and internet available at the Hotel Cloudlands. A dial-up connection is avialable after hours at K5 for 10 minutes.
Alternatively, the IT support at OTML may allow use of their line for no charge, if arrangements are made.

Adverse conditions
No adverse conditions in Tabubil.

SITE DIAGRAMS

Access map
Tabubil map

Site diagram
Location sketch 2003

site photographs (October 2003)
TAB2 Station mark
TAB2 looking north

Elevation mask

OCCUPATION SUMMARIES
2003 Richard Stanaway, RSES

Last updated: 26th November 2003
Richard Stanaway
Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University