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Cassidy International Airport

Kiritimati, Kiribati

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Cassidy International Airport

Kiritimati, Kiribati

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Gateway to the world's largest coral atoll.

Location

Kiritimati, Kiribati

Cassidy International Airport (IATA: CXI, ICAO: PLCH) serves Kiritimati, also known as Christmas Island, the largest coral atoll in the world by land area, located in the Republic of Kiribati in the central Pacific Ocean. The airport is the primary international entry point to Kiritimati and handles a modest volume of passenger traffic given the island's remote location and small population. The airport is named after James Cassidy, an American who worked on the island during the mid-20th century. It has a single runway and basic facilities suited to the limited demand of this remote destination. Air travel is essentially the only practical means of reaching Kiritimati from abroad, making the airport critical to the island's connectivity and tourism industry.

Terminals

The airport has a single small terminal building with basic passenger amenities appropriate for its low traffic volume.

Getting to & from

Ground transport from the airport to the main settlement of London and other parts of the island is primarily by taxi or private vehicle, as no formal public transit system exists.

Airlines here

Fiji Airways has operated services to Cassidy International Airport, connecting Kiritimati to Nadi and onward international destinations.

Notable facts

›Kiritimati (Christmas Island) is the largest coral atoll in the world by land area.
›The airport's ICAO code PLCH reflects its location in the central Pacific.
›Kiritimati is one of the first places on Earth to enter the New Year due to its UTC+14 time zone.
›The island was used by the United Kingdom and United States for nuclear weapons testing in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
›Air travel is the only practical international connection to Kiritimati, making the airport essential for residents and visitors.

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Air Pacific

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CXI → HNLFJ · 73W

CXI → NANFJ · 73W

CXI → HNLQF · 73W

CXI → NANQF · 73W

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73W4 routes

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Encyclopaedia

Cassidy International Airport is an airport located north of Banana, a settlement on Kiritimati (Christmas) island in Kiribati. Until 2018, it was the only airport in the Kiribati part of the Line Islands with an IATA or ICAO code.

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