# Funafuti International Airport (FUN / NGFU)

**Funafuti International Airport** (IATA: FUN, ICAO: NGFU) is a medium airport in Funafuti, Tuvalu. It opened in 1943. It has one runway, 1,536 m (5,040 ft) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ngfu

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: FUN / NGFU
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Funafuti, Tuvalu
- Opened: 1943
- Elevation: 3 m / 9 ft
- Coordinates: -8.5239, 179.1970
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,536 m / 5,040 ft
- Time zone: UTC+12 · Pacific/Funafuti
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funafuti_International_Airport (22 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1327938
- Weather station: NGFU · WMO 91643
- Ident: NGFU

## Timeline

- 1943: Funafuti International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 1,536 m / 5,040 ft | 24 m / 78 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [NAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nffn.md) Nadi International Airport · Fiji · 1,045 km / 649 mi · Fiji Airways
- [SUV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nfna.md) Nausori International Airport · Fiji · 1,061 km / 659 mi · Fiji Airways

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from FUN, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- FJ [Fiji Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fiji-airways) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,536 m / 5,040 ft | =6,243 of 29,858 | #339 in Oceania |  |
| Elevation | 3 m / 9 ft | =42,649 of 43,403 | =2,189 in Oceania |  |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =57 in Oceania |  |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania |  |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FSS | FSS | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 mi.

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Funafuti International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Funafuti_International_Airport&oldid=1363704752), revision of 11 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ngfu/data