Ua Pou Airport

Coordinates: 09°21′06″S 140°04′40″W / 9.35167°S 140.07778°W / -9.35167; -140.07778
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Ua Pou Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesHakahau, Ua Pou
LocationMarquesas Islands, French Polynesia
Elevation AMSL16 ft / 5 m
Coordinates09°21′06″S 140°04′40″W / 9.35167°S 140.07778°W / -9.35167; -140.07778
Map
UAP is located in French Polynesia
UAP
UAP
Location of the airport in French Polynesia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/33 830 2,723 Paved
Sources: Great Circle Mapper [1]

Ua Pou Airport is an airport on Ua Pou in French Polynesia (IATA: UAP, ICAO: NTMP). The airport is 11 km northwest of the village of Hakahau. As of 2021 it received 3900 passengers a year.[2]

The runway is short, narrow, and slopes uphill, making Ua Pou an Altiport.[3] Aircraft can only land when arriving from the sea, and can only take off towards the sea, whatever the prevailing wind.[3] The runway is 846m long, with a 30m drop.[4]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Tahiti Atuona, Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at UAP airport. See Wikidata query.

References

  1. ^ Great Circle Mapper - Ua Pou Airport
  2. ^ "Statistiques annuelles: Aéroport de Ua Pou". UAF&FA. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Evasan depuis Ua Pou : l'équipage du Casa de l'armée a fait des prouesses" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Ua Pou – Le départ" (in French). A la rencontre du Soleil. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2022.

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