NTGC
Tikehau Airport
VFR
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Name
Tikehau Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
NTGC / TIH / NTGC
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
3:42 am (TAHT)
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Coordinates
15° 7′ 10″ N 148° 13′ 51″ E
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Elevation
6 ft (2 m MSL)
About Tikehau Airport
Tikehau Airport is an airport on Tikehau atoll in French Polynesia (IATA: TIH, ICAO: NTGC). The airport is located 1 km southeast of Tuherahera. It was inaugurated in 1977. In 2009, 41,817 passengers transited through Tikehau.
The airport has minimal services: there is no runway lighting system for landing at night, no instrument approach and no control tower.