Airport
Kaben Airport (KBT)
Kaben Airport is a small regional airfield on Kaben Island in the Maloelap Atoll, providing an essential domestic link to Majuro and neighboring outer islands. Travelers arriving at this remote Marshall Islands airstrip continue to nearby Kaben village, local guest houses, and dive and fishing sites around the atoll.
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Luggage
About Kaben Airport
Kaben Airport is a small regional airfield on Kaben Island, at the northwestern tip of Maloelap Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. It serves a remote outer-island community and provides a vital domestic air link to the capital, Majuro, and to other neighboring atolls.
The airfield is deliberately simple, with a single unpaved coral and grass runway of about 854 metres and a small open-air shelter rather than a conventional terminal building. Passenger handling is informal and managed directly with the operating airline, and flights are restricted to daylight operations under visual flight rules.
Located roughly 2 km from the small settlement of Kaben, the airport relies on walking and local boats for onward travel around the island and the wider atoll. There are no taxis, buses, or car rental services, and visitors are advised to be self-sufficient when traveling through this remote part of the Marshall Islands.
Terminal Overview
Terminals
Kaben Airport does not have a conventional passenger terminal. Passenger handling takes place in a small open-air shelter beside the single grass and gravel runway, with check-in, waiting, and boarding in one basic open-plan area.
Ground Transportation Services to and from Kaben Airport
Transfers
Arrange advance transfers between Kaben Airport and guest houses, village accommodations, or boat landing points on Kaben Island and across Maloelap Atoll.
Hourly Chauffeur
Book a local guide or hourly transport for flexible movement around Kaben Island, where public taxi and bus services are not available and local travel is mostly on foot or by boat.
Car Rental
Self-drive car rental is not available at Kaben Airport; independent travelers typically move around the island on foot or by pre-arranged local boat.
Bus & Group Transfers
Organize group boat transfers between Kaben Airport, village accommodations, and other islands within Maloelap Atoll, since there are no bus services on the island.
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