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Tikehau Airport

Tuherahera, French Polynesia

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Tikehau Airport

Tuherahera, French Polynesia
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Gateway to Tikehau's pristine pink-sand atoll paradise.

Location
Tuherahera, French Polynesia
Tikehau Airport (IATA: TIH, ICAO: NTGC) is a small domestic airport serving the village of Tuherahera on Tikehau Atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia. It provides the primary air link connecting this remote coral atoll to the rest of French Polynesia, particularly Tahiti's Faa'a International Airport. The airport features a single paved runway and minimal facilities suited to the small aircraft that service the route. Air Tahiti operates scheduled inter-island flights connecting Tikehau to Papeete and occasionally to nearby atolls such as Rangiroa. The surrounding lagoon, renowned for its exceptional marine biodiversity and distinctive pinkish sand beaches, draws divers and nature enthusiasts to the island.
Terminals
The airport has a single small terminal building with basic passenger handling facilities appropriate for a remote atoll destination.
Getting to & from
Ground transport on Tikehau is extremely limited; visitors typically travel by bicycle, boat, or arranged hotel transfers within the small atoll.
Airlines here
Air Tahiti is the sole airline operating scheduled service at Tikehau Airport, providing inter-island connections to Papeete and other Tuamotu atolls.
Notable facts
  • ›Tikehau Atoll is part of the Tuamotu Archipelago, one of the largest atoll groups in the world.
  • ›The lagoon surrounding the atoll is famous among divers for its abundant fish populations and manta rays.
  • ›Tikehau's beaches are noted for their distinctive pinkish hue caused by coral fragments.
  • ›The island's population is very small, numbering only a few hundred residents.
  • ›Air Tahiti connects Tikehau to Rangiroa, the largest atoll in the Tuamotus, as well as to Papeete.
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Airlines serving this airport

Air Tahiti
VT

Routes

TIH → PPTVT · ATR
TIH → RGIVT · ATR
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Encyclopaedia

Tikehau Airport is an airport on Tikehau atoll in French Polynesia. The airport is located 1 km southeast of Tuherahera. It was inaugurated in 1977. In 2009, 41,817 passengers transited through Tikehau.

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