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Canton Island Airport

Abariringa, Kiribati

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Canton Island Airport

Abariringa, Kiribati
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Remote Pacific atoll airport on historic Canton Island.

Opened
1938
Location
Abariringa, Kiribati
Canton Island Airport (IATA: CIS, ICAO: PCIS) is located on Canton Island (also known as Kanton or Abariringa), part of the Phoenix Islands group in Kiribati. The island is one of the most remote and sparsely populated atolls in the central Pacific Ocean, and the airport serves primarily as a point of access for the few inhabitants and occasional government or research visitors. The airfield has a long history dating back to World War II and the early aviation era, when Canton Island served as a strategic refueling stop for transpacific flights. Today, regular commercial service is extremely limited, and the airport is largely used for charter, government, and emergency flights serving the tiny local population.
Getting to & from
Ground transport options on the island are extremely limited given its tiny, remote population and minimal infrastructure.
Airlines here
No major commercial airlines operate scheduled service to Canton Island Airport; access is primarily via government or charter flights.
Notable facts
  • ›Canton Island served as a key transpacific aviation refueling stop in the late 1930s and 1940s.
  • ›The island was used as a strategic air and naval base during World War II.
  • ›Canton Island is part of the Phoenix Islands Protected Area, one of the world's largest marine protected areas.
  • ›The population of Canton Island is extremely small, typically numbering only a few dozen residents.
  • ›The airport's long runway is a legacy of its wartime and early commercial aviation significance.
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Canton Island Airport
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Canton Island Airport is an airport located on Canton Island, a sparsely populated island in the Phoenix Islands of the Republic of Kiribati. It has a single asphalt runway measuring 6,230 feet (1,900 m) in length. Once a major stop on commercial trans-Pacific airline routes, today the airport is available for emergency use only.

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