NUKsmall airport

Nukutavake Airport

Nukutavake, French Polynesia

Explore Nukutavake city guide Navigate to this airport

Routes out

Destinations

ICAO

NTGW

Elevation

17 ft

The gateway in a glance

The Essence of Nukutavake Airport

NUK

Location

Nukutavake · U-A · French Polynesia

Position

-19.285°, -138.768° · 17 ft elev.

Visa & Entry

Official visa, passport and entry information for French Polynesia is published by its gov

AI Travel Editor

A closer look

Living guide content for Nukutavake Airport — read or listen in 46+ languages.

Language

TravelerPulse profile

Remote atoll airstrip serving the Tuamotu Archipelago.

Location

Nukutavake, French Polynesia

Nukutavake Airport is a small domestic airstrip located on Nukutavake atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia. It serves as a vital link for the isolated community on the atoll, providing access to essential supplies, medical transport, and passenger connections to Tahiti and other islands. The airport operates limited scheduled services and is an important node in the network of remote island airstrips maintained across French Polynesia. Its runway is suited to small turboprop aircraft typical of inter-island operations in the Pacific. Given the atoll's small population and geographic isolation, the airport sees modest traffic volumes and lacks the infrastructure of larger regional hubs.

Terminals

The airport has a basic, single small terminal facility typical of remote atoll airstrips in French Polynesia.

Getting to & from

Ground transport options are extremely limited given the atoll's small size, with the airstrip located close to the main settlement.

Airlines here

Air Tahiti operates scheduled inter-island services connecting Nukutavake to Papeete and other Tuamotu atolls.

Notable facts

›Nukutavake is one of many remote atolls in the Tuamotu Archipelago served by Air Tahiti's inter-island network.
›The airport's IATA code is NUK and ICAO code is NTGW.
›The runway is designed to accommodate small turboprop aircraft such as the ATR 42 or ATR 72.
›Nukutavake atoll has a very small permanent population, making the airport critical for community connectivity.
›French Polynesia maintains numerous remote airstrips like this one to support its dispersed island communities.

Wikipedia

This profile is provided for general information only. Details may be inaccurate or outdated — always verify with the airport's official website before acting on them.

Airlines serving this airport

No scheduled airline data available.

Routes

No route data available.

Hotels near NUK

Pick what matters for your layover or early flight, then compare on your favorite booking site.

Compare stays for your dates

Where

Check-in

Check-out

Guests

Rooms

TravelerPulse may receive compensation when you book or purchase through some of the links on this page, at no additional cost to you. Prices and availability are set by the booking provider and may change. We never share your private trip details with partners — only the destination, dates and party size you searched.

City & Place Guide

No guide exists for this place yet — Click to generate a Traveler Pulse guide.

Encyclopaedia

Nukutavake Airport is an airport serving the village of Tavananui, located on the Nukutavake island, in the Tuamotu group of atolls in French Polynesia, 1,125 kilometres (699 mi) from Tahiti. The closest land is small Pinaki Atoll, located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) to the southeast. Vairaatea Atoll Atoll lies 38 kilometres (24 mi) to the west of Nukutavake.

Read full article on Wikipedia

Latest news

No recent news found.

About on Wikipedia

Nukutavake Airport

Airport in Tuamotu, French Polynesia

Read on Wikipedia

Text from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA. May be out of date — verify important details.