RAR

Rarotonga International Airport

ICAO NCRG21.2027°S 159.8060°W6 m / 19 ftLarge airport
On the map
Rarotonga Airport from air1
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Rarotonga International Airport (IATA: RAR, ICAO: NCRG) is a large airport in Avarua, Cook Islands. It opened in 1975. It has one runway, 2,328 m (7,638 ft) long, concrete.

Timeline

1 event · 1975–1975
1975
OpenedRarotonga International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Rarotonga International Terminal
08/26090° / 270° · LIT
LENGTH2,328 m7,638 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEConcrete

Routes

11 destinations · 5 countries
Year-round11
MGSMangaia Island AirportCook Islands · Air Rarotonga211 km131 miAIUEnua AirportCook Islands · Air Rarotonga223 km139 miAITAitutaki AirportCook Islands · Air Rarotonga264 km164 miMOIMitiaro Island AirportCook Islands · Air Rarotonga266 km165 miMUKMauke AirportCook Islands · Air Rarotonga282 km175 miPPTFa'a'ā International AirportFrench Polynesia · Air Tahiti, Air Rarotonga1,144 km711 miMHXManihiki Island AirportCook Islands · Air Rarotonga1,210 km752 miAKLAuckland International AirportNew Zealand · Jetstar Airways3,014 km1,873 miHNLDaniel K. Inouye International AirportUnited States · Hawaiian Airlines4,733 km2,941 miBNEBrisbane International AirportAustralia · Jetstar Airways4,793 km2,978 miSYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · Jetstar Airways4,985 km3,098 mi
Most destinationsAir Rarotonga 7Jetstar Airways 3Air Tahiti 1Hawaiian Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from RAR. From the Wikipedia article “Rarotonga International Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,328 m7,638 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#3,003of 29,823 · #68 Oceania · #1 CKElevation6 m19 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,473of 43,341 · =2,031 Oceania · #6 CKAgeOpened 19752026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=7,196of 15,079 · =125 Oceania · #1 CKRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =526 Oceania · =1 CK
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels
APPAPP118.100
RDORDO342.500
TWRTWR118.100