We are Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), an organisation that uses light aircraft to deliver help, hope, and practical love in more than 30 developing nations. For nearly 80 years, weâve been flying patients, aid workers, relief supplies, and medical essentials into places where roads disappear and runways are carved from mountainsides. In these regions, aviation isnât convenience. Itâs survival.
Since 1951, MAF aircraft have traced lifelines across the rugged peaks and deep valleys of Papua New Guinea. Through unpredictable weather and dramatic terrain, our flights connect remote communities to health-care, education, clean water, disaster relief, and the Gospel.
Behind every takeoff is a commitment to international safety standards, operational excellence, and faithful service. Every landing tells a story of compassion in action. This is aviation with purpose. This is impact measured in lives changed.
Curious about life on the mission field? Wondering whether God might be calling you to serve cross-culturally? This âgapâ may become one of the most formative seasons of your life!
MAF Internationalâs Mission Experience Placement (MEP) offers a 6 to 12 month immersive experience in PNG. Itâs not a tourist trip. Itâs real mission life. Youâll live within the rhythm of a programme, contribute meaningfully to day-to-day operations, and gain hands-on experience that strengthens your future calling.
Our aircraft may cross mountain ranges, but our mission crosses barriers of isolation, poverty, and limited access. Youâll witness firsthand how aviation links churches, NGOs, missionaries, local communities, and government services in a shared mission of transformation.
Weâre looking for passionate, capable individuals in areas such as:
Limited placements are available. We are looking for positive, team players who have a can-do attitude and enjoy a challenge.
Placements run between 6 to 12 months
Applicants must be enrolled in Uni/College and interested in taking a gap break, as this is the condition of the PNG Occupational Training Visa.
Applicants need to be 18 years or older.
Applicants need to fully fund the placement including flights, health and travel insurance, and daily essentials like food and mobile data.
Basic accommodation & transport will be provided by the programme.
A 3-day security course will need to be completed at your own cost.
MEPs are conditional upon the approval of PNG visa.
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More Than Experience? Definitely.
This isnât just a placement to build your CV. Itâs the kind of experience that stretches your perspective, deepens your faith, and gives you stories youâll be telling for years.
Itâs seeing mission life up close, where aviation meets purpose and muddy airstrips can change lives.Itâs discovering what service looks like beyond the classroom, beyond the ordinary, and sometimes well beyond your comfort zone.Itâs learning, growing, contributing⌠and maybe even discovering that Godâs plans for your future are bigger and wilder than you imagined.
And who knows? What starts as a few months in PNG might just become the runway to something much bigger.
Ready for adventure, purpose, and a mission experience youâll never forget? PNG is waiting. âď¸đ
Mission Aviation Fellowship was founded in 1945 by a group of WWII pilots who had a vision for how aviation could be used to help spread the Gospel.
Since those early days, we have been an indispensable partner and servant to some 500 Christian organizations, humanitarian agencies, and more. We enable and maximize evangelism and church nurturing, medical assistance, disaster response, and community development, as well as the training and development of indigenous people.
Using aviation, we desire to see isolated people changed by the love of Christ by serving together to bring help, hope, and healing. We meet the physical and spiritual needs of isolated people in 42 countries throughout Asia, Africa, Eurasia and Latin America, operating a fleet of 47 light aircraft. Dedicated missionary families raise their own ministry support to serve as the hands and feet of Christ to those in need.
