Ua Pou Airport
Airport in Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
UAP
Location of the airport in French Polynesia
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
|---|---|---|---|
| m | ft | ||
| 14/33 | 830 | 2,723 | Paved |
Sources: Great Circle Mapper [1]
Ua Pou Airport is an airport on Ua Pou in French Polynesia (IATA: UAP, ICAO: NTMP). 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]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Tahiti | Atuona, Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka |
Statistics
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Annual passenger traffic at UAP airport. See Wikidata query.
References
- ^ Great Circle Mapper - Ua Pou Airport
- ^ "Statistiques annuelles: Aéroport de Ua Pou". UAF&FA. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Evasan depuis Ua Pou : l'équipage du Casa de l'armée a fait des prouesses" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ "Ua Pou – Le départ" (in French). A la rencontre du Soleil. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
External links
- NTMP – UA POU. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 16 May 2024.
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