List of airports in American Samoa
This is a list of airports in American Samoa (a U.S. territory), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Airports
[edit]This list contains the following information:
- Location - The village or other location generally associated with the airport.
- FAA - The location identifier assigned by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
- IATA - The airport code assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Those that do not match the FAA code are shown in bold.
- ICAO - The location indicator assigned by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
- Airport name - The official airport name. Those shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
- Role - One of four FAA airport categories, as per the 2021–2025 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Report and updated based on FAA Passenger Boarding Data:
- P: Commercial service - primary are publicly owned airports that receive scheduled passenger service and have more than 10,000 passenger boardings (enplanements) each year. Each primary airport is sub-classified by the FAA as one of the following four "hub" types:
- L: Large hub that accounts for at least 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
- M: Medium hub that accounts for between 0.25% and 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
- S: Small hub that accounts for between 0.05% and 0.25% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
- N: Non-hub that accounts for less than 0.05% of total U.S. passenger enplanements, but more than 10,000 annual enplanements.
- CS: Commercial service - non-primary are publicly owned airports that receive scheduled passenger service and have at least 2,500 passenger boardings each year.
- R: Reliever airports are designated by the FAA to relieve congestion at a large commercial service airport and to provide more general aviation access to the overall community.
- GA: General aviation airports are the largest single group of airports in the U.S. airport system.
- P: Commercial service - primary are publicly owned airports that receive scheduled passenger service and have more than 10,000 passenger boardings (enplanements) each year. Each primary airport is sub-classified by the FAA as one of the following four "hub" types:
- Enpl. - The number of enplanements (commercial passenger boardings) that occurred at the airport in calendar year 2019, as per FAA records.
| City served | FAA | IATA | ICAO | Airport name | Role | Enplanements (2021) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial service – nonprimary airports | ||||||
| Pago Pago, Tutuila | PPG | PPG | NSTU | Pago Pago International Airport | CS | 8,000 |
| General aviation airports | ||||||
| Fitiuta, Taʻū | FAQ | FTI | NSFQ | Fitiuta Airport | GA | 1,828 |
| Ofu | Z08 | OFU | NSAS | Ofu Airport | GA | 226 |
| Defunct airports (partial list) | ||||||
| Ta‘u | HI36 | TAV | Tau Airport |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Federal Aviation Administration (FAA):
- FAA Airport Data (Form 5010) from National Flight Data Center (NFDC), also available from AirportIQ 5010
- National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, updated 15 October 2008
- Passenger Boarding (Enplanement) Data for CY 2008, updated 18 December 2009
International:
- "ICAO Location Indicators by State" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. 17 September 2010.
- "UN Location Codes: America Samoa". UN/LOCODE 2011-2. UNECE. 28 February 2012. - includes IATA codes
Other sites used as a reference when compiling and updating this list:
- Aviation Safety Network – used to check IATA airport codes.
- Great Circle Mapper: Airports in American Samoa – used to check IATA and ICAO airport codes.