Ua Huka Airport Explained

Ua Huka Airport
Iata:UAH
Icao:NTMU
Type:Public
City-Served:Hane, Ua Huka
Location:Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
Elevation-F:160
Elevation-M:49
Coordinates:-8.9352°N -139.5551°W
Pushpin Map:French Polynesia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the airport in French Polynesia
Pushpin Label:UAH
Pushpin Label Position:top
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:09/27
R1-Length-M:755
R1-Length-F:2477
R1-Surface:Paved
Footnotes:Sources: Great Circle Mapper [1]

Ua Huka Airport is an airport on Ua Huka in French Polynesia . The airport is 2.2 km southwest of the village of Hane. The airport was opened on November 4, 1970, with the first landings made by an Air Tahiti Piper Aztec and an RAI Twin Otter.[2] Commercial flights began in 1971.[2] As of 2021 it received 1600 passengers a year.[3]

References

  1. http://www.gcmap.com/airport/UAH Great Circle Mapper - Ua Huka Airport
  2. News: Air Link Opens To "Forgotten" Marquesas . Pacific Islands Monthly . 41 . 12 . 39 . 1 December 1970 . 12 March 2022 . National Library of Australia.
  3. Web site: Statistiques annuelles: Aéroport de Ua Huka . UAF&FA . 24 November 2022.