Manihiki Island Airport | |
Iata: | MHX |
Icao: | NCMH |
Type: | Public |
Focus City: | Rarotonga |
Elevation-F: | 6.0 |
Coordinates: | -10.3806°N -160.9997°W |
Website: | Cook Islands Airports |
R1-Number: | 14-32 |
R1-Length-F: | 4822 |
R1-Length-M: | 1470 |
R1-Surface: | most likely gravel or coral |
Manihiki Island Airport is a public airport on the atoll of Manihiki in the Cook Islands. The airport was built in the early 1980s, but not used for commercial flights until 1991.[1] Originally it had no terminal, with passengers checking in under the overhang of a nearby house and waiting in the open or in the shade of nearby trees.[2] In 2018 construction began on a purpose-built terminal.[2]