Tikehau Airport | |
Nativename: | Aéroport de Tikehau |
Iata: | TIH |
Icao: | NTGC |
Type: | Public |
Operator: | SEAC Polynésie Française[1] |
Location: | Tikehau |
Elevation-F: | 6 |
Elevation-M: | 2 |
Coordinates: | -15.1197°N -148.2336°W |
Pushpin Map: | French Polynesia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the airport in French Polynesia |
Pushpin Label: | TIH |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Metric-Rwy: | Y |
R1-Number: | 06/24 |
R1-Length-F: | 3,937 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,200 |
R1-Surface: | Paved |
Tikehau Airport is an airport on Tikehau atoll in French Polynesia . The airport is located 1 km southeast of Tuherahera. It was inaugurated in 1977. In 2009, 41,817 passengers transited through Tikehau.[2]
The airport has minimal services: there is no runway lighting system for landing at night, no instrument approach and no control tower.[3]