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Ua Huka Airport

Coordinates:08°56′06.7″S139°33′18.4″W/ 8.935194°S 139.555111°W/-8.935194; -139.555111
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Ua Huka Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesHane,Ua Huka
LocationMarquesas Islands,French Polynesia
ElevationAMSL160 ft / 49 m
Coordinates08°56′06.7″S139°33′18.4″W/ 8.935194°S 139.555111°W/-8.935194; -139.555111
Map
UAH is located in French Polynesia
UAH
UAH
Location of the airport in French Polynesia
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 755 2,477 Paved
Sources: Great Circle Mapper[1]

Ua Huka Airportis an airport onUa HukainFrench Polynesia(IATA:UAH,ICAO:NTMU). The airport is 2.2 km southwest of the village ofHane.The airport was opened on November 4, 1970, with the first landings made by anAir TahitiPiper Aztecand an RAI Twin Otter.[2]Commercial flights began in 1971.[2]As of 2021 it received 1600 passengers a year.[3]

Airlines and destinations

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AirlinesDestinations
Air TahitiAtuona,Nuku Hiva,Ua Pou

Statistics

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Annual passenger traffic at UAH airport. SeeWikidata query.

References

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  1. ^Great Circle Mapper - Ua Huka Airport
  2. ^ab"Air Link Opens To" Forgotten "Marquesas".Pacific Islands Monthly.Vol. 41, no. 12. 1 December 1970. p. 39.Retrieved12 March2022– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^"Statistiques annuelles: Aéroport de Ua Huka".UAF&FA.Retrieved24 November2022.
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