Rangiroa Airport
Rangiroa Airport is an airport on the island of Rangiroa, French Polynesia (IATA: RGI, ICAO: NTTG). The airport is located on the northwestern edge of the atoll, 5.5 km southeast of Avatoru. The airport was built in 1965. Air Tahiti has regular daily flights connecting Rangiroa to other islands of French Polynesia. In 2018, 89,122 passengers utilized the airport.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Moana | Papeete |
| Air Tahiti | Bora Bora, Fakarava, Manihi, Mataiva, Papeete, Tikehau |
Accidents and incidents
On February 19, 1985, a UTA DC-10 operating from Los Angeles to Auckland via Tahiti made an emergency landing at Rangiroa following a telephoned bomb threat. Passengers and luggage were removed and flown to Tahiti onboard French military aircraft. The aircraft was searched and no bomb was found. The aircraft was flown empty to Tahiti a week later.
Statistics
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Annual passenger traffic at RGI airport.
See Wikidata query.
References
- ^ La SETIL Aéroports Accessed 12 February 2010
- ^ (RGI) Rangiroa Airport Departures, Arrivals and Information Publisher : flightstats.com Accessed 12 February 2010
- ^ French) Archived 2006-11-24 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 12 February 2010
- ^ "Air Moana Schedules Service Launch in Feb 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ^ "Download forecast schedule - Official website - Air Tahiti".
- ^ "French Airliner Lands on Atoll After Bomb Threat". Associated Press.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rangiroa Airport.
- Rangiroa Airport
- NTTG – RANGIROA. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 26 December 2024.
- Photograph of Rangiroa Airport terminal and control tower From Airliners.net. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
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