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Ua Pou Airport

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.

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

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. ^ "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.