Ua_Pou_Airport

Ua Pou Airport

Ua Pou Airport

Airport in Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia

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]

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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

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Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at UAP airport. See Wikidata query.

References

  1. [1]
    Great Circle Mapper - Ua Pou Airport
  2. [2]
    "Statistiques annuelles: Aéroport de Ua Pou". UAF&FA. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  3. [3]
    "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. [4]
    "Ua Pou – Le départ" (in French). A la rencontre du Soleil. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2022.



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