Papua New Guinea is the strictest of these economies. The card is valid only at designated ports, and PNG names them on its own live site: Jacksons International (Port Moresby) and Tokua (Rabaul/Kokopo), with the Wutung land border appearing on one of the two PNG pages but not the other. The designation is explicitly bidirectional, covering entry and exit. Stay is 60 days and cannot be extended in-country.
'Designated Only'. APEC Secretariat 'ABTC Economy Entry Information' table, PNG row, internally dated 18 October 2022: PNG's own site names them: holders 'can enter and exit PNG only through the international entry port at Jackson's International Airport and Tokua'. PNG's APEC FAQ gives a three-port list adding the Wutung land border. source 1 source 2 source 3
Entry mechanism in full: APEC Business entry permit granted on arrival. An officer examines passport and card, orally advises that an APEC Business entry permit valid for 60 days from entry has been granted, and wet-stamps the passport. Multiple entry applies while passport and card remain valid.
PNG is a fully participating member, in the scheme since 2003. The PNG Immigration & Citizenship Authority lists PNG among the 19 participating economies and notes that the US and Canada are transitional. Sources: and source 1 source 2
These are the designated ports. Outside this list the card does not admit you.
| Airport | IATA | APEC lane | Source & currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksons International AirportPort Moresby · International Terminal | POM | Arrivals & departuresPapua New Guinea's Immigration and Citizenship Authority names Jacksons as a designated ABTC port for both entry and exit; holders present passport and card at the designated immigration processing line. It is also the only PNG airport in the March 2007 APEC summary. | Government source Currentsource 1 source 2 source 3 |
| Tokua AirportRabaul / Kokopo · International | RAB | Arrivals & departuresPNG Immigration names Tokua as a designated ABTC port of entry and exit on both its APEC procedures page and its APEC FAQ. It is absent from PNG's general list of designated international ports and from the March 2007 APEC summary, so the designation is card-specific. | Government source Added sincesource 1 source 2 |
Every widely published ABTC airport list descends from one APEC document whose data is from March 2007. These are the points where that document no longer describes Papua New Guinea.
2 Papua New Guinea airports have a documented APEC Business Travel Card lane: Jacksons International Airport (POM), Tokua Airport (RAB).
No. Papua New Guinea admits cardholders only at designated ports of entry. Arriving anywhere else, the card does not admit you and you need whatever visa you would otherwise require.
Papua New Guinea is a full participating member, so a valid card bearing its code on the reverse grants pre-cleared entry — aPEC Business entry permit granted on arrival. An officer examines passport and card, orally advises that an APEC Business entry permit valid for 60 days from entry has been granted, and wet-stamps the passport. Multiple entry applies while passport and card remain valid.. Stays are capped at 60 days per visit.
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Every row above was verified against a live source on that date, and each carries the kind of source it rests on. Lane locations, terminal assignments and designated-port lists change without announcement — confirm anything you are about to travel on. Not confirmed: The Wutung discrepancy between PNG's own two live pages is unresolved. Whether Tokua has a physically signposted APEC lane is unconfirmed; PNG designates it as an ABTC port, but only Jacksons appears in the 2007 lane document. No ABTC-designated PNG seaport was found. Checked: the ica.gov.pg APEC section, its designated-ports page and its 2022 Immigration & Entry Permit Handbook, all of which block plain fetching.