# Arorae Island Airport (AIS / NGTR)

**Arorae Island Airport** (IATA: AIS, ICAO: NGTR) is a small airport in Arorae Island, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AIS / NGTR
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Arorae Island, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati
- Elevation: 2 m / 6 ft
- Coordinates: -2.6162, 176.8022
- Time zone: UTC+12 · Pacific/Tarawa
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arorae_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q751889
- Weather station: NGTR · WMO 91629
- Ident: NGTR

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [TMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ngtm.md) Tamana Island Airport · Kiribati · 94 km / 58 mi · Air Kiribati
- [TBF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ngte.md) Tabiteuea North Airport · Kiribati · 273 km / 170 mi · Air Kiribati

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- IK [Air Kiribati](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-kiribati) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 2 m / 6 ft | =42,960 of 43,403 | =2,250 in Oceania | =16 in KI |

## Nearby airports

- [TMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ngtm.md) Tamana Island Airport · 94 km / 58 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: “Arorae Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arorae_Airport&oldid=1363014209), revision of 7 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/ngtr/data