Nuku_Hiva_Airport

Nuku Hiva Airport

Nuku Hiva Airport

Airport in Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia

Nuku Hiva Airport is an airport on Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. The airport is located 19 km (12 mi) northwest of the main village of Taiohae. It is also known as Nuku A Taha ("Deserted Land").[2] The drive to Taiohae is over dirt roads and takes 90 minutes.[2][3]

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Plans for the airport were revealed in 1976. It was to be constructed in two stages, with the first phase consisting of a 1,500 meter runway, which would be expanded to 2,650 meters in phase two.[4] Construction began in 1979.[5] The second phase was never built.

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Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at NHV airport. See Wikidata query.

References

  1. [1]
    "NTMD - Nuku Hiva". AC-U-KWIK. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Nuku Hiva". Air Tahiti. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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    "Nuku Hiva: This paradise island is one of the remotest places on the planet". CNN. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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    "Tahiti Letter: French Polynesia's Year of Decision". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 47, no. 1. 1 January 1976. p. 15. Retrieved 12 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
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    "F. POLYNESIA A one way ticket to depopulation". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 50, no. 7. 1 July 1979. p. 44. Retrieved 12 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. [6]
    "Air Moana Moves Marquesas Service Launch to late-March 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 13 December 2022.


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