# Tikehau Airport (TIH / NTGC)

**Tikehau Airport** (IATA: TIH, ICAO: NTGC) is a medium airport in Tuherahera, French Polynesia. It opened in 1977. It has one runway, 1,200 m (3,937 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 50 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TIH / NTGC
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Tuherahera, French Polynesia
- Opened: 1977
- Elevation: 2 m / 6 ft
- Coordinates: -15.1196, -148.2310
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,200 m / 3,937 ft
- Passengers: 49,913 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-10 · Pacific/Tahiti
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikehau_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4272426
- Ident: NTGC

## Timeline

- 1977: Tikehau Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 1,200 m / 3,937 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 075° / 255° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 25,954 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 24,538 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 25,804 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 25,825 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 38,785 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 41,633 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 43,063 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 47,283 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 49,081 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 27,963 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 38,910 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 49,913 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (5)

- [RGI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nttg.md) Rangiroa Airport · French Polynesia · 64 km / 40 mi · Air Tahiti
- [XMH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntgi.md) Manihi Airport · French Polynesia · 244 km / 152 mi · Air Tahiti
- [PPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntaa.md) Fa'a'ā International Airport · French Polynesia · 308 km / 191 mi · Air Tahiti
- [RFP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nttr.md) Raiatea Airport · French Polynesia · 389 km / 242 mi · Air Tahiti
- [BOB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nttb.md) Bora Bora Airport · French Polynesia · 404 km / 251 mi · Air Tahiti

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- VT [Air Tahiti](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-tahiti) · 5

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 50K (2022) | #2,087 of 3,974 | #100 in Oceania | #7 in PF |
| Longest runway | 1,200 m / 3,937 ft | =10,151 of 29,858 | =762 in Oceania | =23 in PF |
| Elevation | 2 m / 6 ft | =42,960 of 43,403 | =2,250 in Oceania | #48 in PF |
| Age | Opened 1977 | =7,544 of 15,079 | =130 in Oceania | =14 in PF |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =1 in PF |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | INFO | 119.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [MVT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntgv.md) Mataiva Airport · 59 km / 37 mi
- [RGI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nttg.md) Rangiroa Airport · 64 km / 40 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: “Tikehau Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tikehau_Airport&oldid=1363082969), 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/ntgc/data