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Ua_Huka_Airport Latitude and Longitude:

08°56′06.7″S 139°33′18.4″W / 8.935194°S 139.555111°W / -8.935194; -139.555111
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Ua Huka Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Serves Hane, Ua Huka
Location Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
Elevation  AMSL160 ft / 49 m
Coordinates 08°56′06.7″S 139°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
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 755 2,477 Paved
Sources: Great Circle Mapper [1]

Ua Huka Airport is an airport on Ua Huka in French Polynesia ( IATA: UAH, ICAO: NTMU). 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]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Tahiti Atuona, Nuku Hiva, Ua Pou

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at UAH airport. See Wikidata query.

References

  1. ^ Great Circle Mapper - Ua Huka Airport
  2. ^ a b "Air Link Opens To "Forgotten" Marquesas". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 41, no. 12. 1 December 1970. p. 39. Retrieved 12 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Statistiques annuelles: Aéroport de Ua Huka". UAF&FA. Retrieved 24 November 2022.

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