Ua Pou Airport Explained

Ua Pou Airport
Iata:UAP
Icao:NTMP
Type:Public
City-Served:Hakahau, Ua Pou
Location:Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
Elevation-F:16
Elevation-M:5
Coordinates:-9.3517°N -140.0778°W
Pushpin Map:French Polynesia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the airport in French Polynesia
Pushpin Label:UAP
Pushpin Label Position:top
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:14/33
R1-Length-M:830
R1-Length-F:2723
R1-Surface:Paved
Footnotes:Sources: Great Circle Mapper [1]

Ua Pou Airport is an airport on Ua Pou in French Polynesia . The airport is 11 km northwest of the village of Hakahau. As of 2021 it received 3900 passengers a year.[2]

The runway is short, narrow, and slopes uphill, making Ua Pou an Altiport.[3] Aircraft can only land when arriving from the sea, and can only take off towards the sea, whatever the prevailing wind.[3] The runway is 846m long, with a 30m drop.[4]

References

  1. http://www.gcmap.com/airport/UAP Great Circle Mapper - Ua Pou Airport
  2. Web site: Statistiques annuelles: Aéroport de Ua Pou . UAF&FA. 24 November 2022.
  3. Web site: Evasan depuis Ua Pou : l'équipage du Casa de l'armée a fait des prouesses . Tahiti Infos . fr . 10 December 2014 . 24 November 2022.
  4. Web site: Ua Pou – Le départ . A la rencontre du Soleil . fr . 8 September 2017 . 24 November 2022.