Tikehau Airport Explained

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]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Notes and References

  1. http://www.seac.pf/ Service d'état de l'Aviation Civile de la Polynésie Française (in French)
  2. http://www.aeroport.fr/les-aeroports-de-l-uaf/stats-tikehau.php Liste des aéroports de France, parking aéroport de Tikehau (in French)
  3. https://www.sia.aviation-civile.gouv.fr/aip/enligne/PDF_AIPparSSection/AIP%20PAC-P/AD/2/1003_AD-2.NTGC.pdf Airport Information for Pilots