# Faleolo International Airport (APW / NSFA)

**Faleolo International Airport** (IATA: APW, ICAO: NSFA) is a large airport in Apia, A'ana District, Samoa. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,843 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: APW / NSFA
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Apia, A'ana District, Samoa
- Elevation: 18 m / 58 ft
- Coordinates: -13.8300, -172.0080
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,843 ft
- Time zone: UTC+13 · Pacific/Apia
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faleolo_International_Airport (22 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q197933
- Weather station: NSFA · WMO 91759
- Ident: NSFA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 089° / 269° | yes |

## Routes

7 destinations in 6 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (7)

- [MXS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nsma.md) Maota Airport · Samoa · 29 km / 18 mi · Samoa Airways
- [PPG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nstu.md) Pago Pago International Airport · American Samoa · 151 km / 94 mi · Talofa Airways, Samoa Airways
- [NAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nffn.md) Nadi International Airport · Fiji · 1,211 km / 752 mi · Fiji Airways
- [AKL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzaa.md) Auckland International Airport · New Zealand · 2,892 km / 1,797 mi · Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways
- [BNE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybbn.md) Brisbane International Airport · Australia · 3,912 km / 2,431 mi · Qantas Airways
- [HNL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/phnl.md) Daniel K. Inouye International Airport · United States · 4,200 km / 2,610 mi · Fiji Airways
- [SYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yssy.md) Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport · Australia · 4,324 km / 2,687 mi · Qantas Airways

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- OL [Samoa Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/samoa-airways) · 2

### Passenger (4)

- QF [Qantas Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantas-airways) · 3
- FJ [Fiji Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fiji-airways) · 2
- NZ [Air New Zealand](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-new-zealand) · 1
- [Talofa Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/talofa-airways) · 1

Former hub of [Samoa Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/samoa-air), [Virgin Samoa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/virgin-samoa).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | =1,196 of 29,858 | #29 in Oceania | #1 in WS |
| Elevation | 18 m / 58 ft | =38,849 of 43,403 | =1,734 in Oceania | #3 in WS |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =1 in WS |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 118.100 |
| APP | APP | 655.300 |
| APP | APP | 1790.400 |
| INFO | RDO | 118.100 |
| INFO | RDO | 655.300 |
| INFO | RDO | 1790.400 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |
| TWR | TWR | 655.300 |
| TWR | TWR | 1790.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [MXS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nsma.md) Maota Airport · 29 km / 18 mi
- [FGI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nsfi.md) Fagali'i Airport · 29 km / 18 mi
- [AAU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nsau.md) Asau Airport · 76 km / 47 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: “Faleolo International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Faleolo_International_Airport&oldid=1371594196), revision of 27 Aug 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/nsfa/data