Fangatau Airport

Fangatau Airport

Aérodrome de Fangatau
NASA satellite image of Fangatau
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorDSEAC Polynésie Française
ServesFangatau, Tuamotu, French Polynesia
Elevation AMSL3 m / 10 ft
Coordinates15°49′11″S 140°53′13″W / 15.81972°S 140.88694°W / -15.81972; -140.88694
Map
FGU is located in French Polynesia
FGU
FGU
Location of the airport in French Polynesia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07L/25R 1,200 3,937 Paved
Statistics (2021[1])
Passengers2,135
Aircraft movements84
Cargo (metric tons)5
Source: French AIP.[2]

Fangatau Airport (IATA: FGU, ICAO: NTGB) is an airport serving the village of Teana, located on the Fangatau atoll, in the Tuamotu group of atolls in French Polynesia, 960 kilometres (600 mi) from Tahiti.

Fangatau Airport was inaugurated in 1978.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Tahiti Papeete, Raroia[3]

References

  1. ^ "Bulletin Statistique du trafic aérien commercial - année 2021" (PDF; 4.448 KB). ecologie.gouv.fr (in French). Ministère de la Transition écologique. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  2. ^ NTGB – Fangatau. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 18 April 2024.
  3. ^ Liu, Jim. "Air Tahiti adds new domestic sectors in NS20". Routesonline. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

External links

  • Atoll list (in French)
  • Classification of the French Polynesian atolls by Salvat (1985)


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