TBU

Fua'amotu International Airport

ICAO NFTF21.2414°S 175.1492°W38 m / 126 ftLarge airport
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Fua'amotu International Airport (IATA: TBU, ICAO: NFTF) is a large airport in Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu, Tonga. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,681 m (8,795 ft).

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
International TerminalDomestic Terminal
11/29122° / 302° · LIT
LENGTH2,681 m8,795 ftWIDTH45 m147 ftSURFACEAsphalt
17/35181° / 001°
LENGTH1,509 m4,951 ftWIDTH59 m195 ftSURFACEGrass

Routes

8 destinations · 4 countries
Most destinationsLulutai Airlines 5Fiji Airways 1Air New Zealand 1Qantas Airways 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from TBU. From the Wikipedia article “Fuaʻamotu International Airport” (revision of 26 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,681 m8,795 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,958of 29,823 · #37 Oceania · #1 TOElevation38 m126 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=35,965of 43,341 · =1,457 Oceania · #4 TORunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =62 Oceania · #1 TO
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

5 channels
AFISRDO322.600
AFISRDO884.600
APPAPP118.500
GNDGND121.900
TWRTWR118.500