# Tubuai Airport (TUB / NTAT)

**Tubuai Airport** (IATA: TUB, ICAO: NTAT) is a medium airport in French Polynesia. It opened on 27 Jun 1972. It has one runway, 1,500 m (4,921 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 26 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TUB / NTAT
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: French Polynesia
- Opened: 27 Jun 1972
- Elevation: 2 m / 7 ft
- Coordinates: -23.3654, -149.5240
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,500 m / 4,921 ft
- Passengers: 25,860 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-10 · Pacific/Tahiti
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubuai_%E2%80%93_Mataura_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4264448
- Weather station: NTAT · WMO 91954
- Ident: NTAT

## Timeline

- 27 Jun 1972: Tubuai Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | 23 m / 75 ft | Asphalt | 048° / 228° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 22,326 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 20,579 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 20,573 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 19,056 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 20,527 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 20,635 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 21,612 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 23,389 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 23,864 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 15,175 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 21,108 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 25,860 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [RVV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntav.md) Raivavae Airport · French Polynesia · 198 km / 123 mi · Air Tahiti
- [RUR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntar.md) Rurutu Airport · French Polynesia · 215 km / 134 mi · Air Tahiti
- [PPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntaa.md) Fa'a'ā International Airport · French Polynesia · 646 km / 401 mi · Air Tahiti

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- VT [Air Tahiti](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-tahiti) · 3

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 26K (2022) | #2,346 of 3,974 | #117 in Oceania | #13 in PF |
| Longest runway | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | =6,995 of 29,858 | =381 in Oceania | =6 in PF |
| Elevation | 2 m / 7 ft | =42,809 of 43,403 | =2,213 in Oceania | =37 in PF |
| Age | Opened 1972 | =6,630 of 15,079 | =120 in Oceania | =10 in PF |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =1 in PF |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | INFO | 118.300 |

## 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: “Tubuai – Mataura Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tubuai_–_Mataura_Airport&oldid=1363084027), 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/ntat/data