# Fangatau Airport (FGU / NTGB)

**Fangatau Airport** (IATA: FGU, ICAO: NTGB) is a medium airport in Fangatau, French Polynesia. It opened in 1978. It has one runway, 1,200 m (3,936 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 2 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: FGU / NTGB
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Fangatau, French Polynesia
- Opened: 1978
- Elevation: 3 m / 9 ft
- Coordinates: -15.8200, -140.8881
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,200 m / 3,936 ft
- Passengers: 2,128 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-10 · Pacific/Tahiti
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fangatau_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14955954
- Ident: NTGB

## Timeline

- 1978: Fangatau Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 1,200 m / 3,936 ft | 15 m / 50 ft | Asphalt | 085° / 265° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2006 | 671 | Wikidata |
| 2007 | 668 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 816 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 851 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,046 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,356 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 989 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,270 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,637 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,234 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 2,135 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 2,128 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [RRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntko.md) Raroia Airport · French Polynesia · 172 km / 107 mi · Air Tahiti
- [PPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntaa.md) Fa'a'ā International Airport · French Polynesia · 948 km / 589 mi · Air Tahiti

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- VT [Air Tahiti](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-tahiti) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2K (2022) | #3,137 of 3,974 | #186 in Oceania | #37 in PF |
| Longest runway | 1,200 m / 3,936 ft | =10,809 of 29,858 | #869 in Oceania | #25 in PF |
| Elevation | 3 m / 9 ft | =42,649 of 43,403 | =2,189 in Oceania | =32 in PF |
| Age | Opened 1978 | =7,719 of 15,079 | =136 in Oceania | =16 in PF |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =1 in PF |

## Nearby airports

- [FHZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntkh.md) Fakahina Airport · 80 km / 50 mi
- [TJN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntkm.md) Takume Airport · 148 km / 92 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Fangatau Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fangatau_Airport&oldid=1363036707), 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/ntgb/data