# Fakarava Airport (FAV / NTGF)

**Fakarava Airport** (IATA: FAV, ICAO: NTGF) is a medium airport in French Polynesia. It has one runway, 1,401 m (4,596 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 42 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: FAV / NTGF
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: French Polynesia
- Elevation: 4 m / 13 ft
- Coordinates: -16.0541, -145.6570
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,401 m / 4,596 ft
- Passengers: 41,907 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-10 · Pacific/Tahiti
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fakarava_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3545228
- Ident: NTGF

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 1,401 m / 4,596 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 065° / 245° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 22,493 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 21,755 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 21,587 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 20,819 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 26,821 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 28,191 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 30,070 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 33,763 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 35,948 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 20,152 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 30,625 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 41,907 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [KHZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntka.md) Kauehi Airport · French Polynesia · 64 km / 40 mi · Air Tahiti
- [RGI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nttg.md) Rangiroa Airport · French Polynesia · 247 km / 153 mi · Air Tahiti
- [PPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntaa.md) Fa'a'ā International Airport · French Polynesia · 452 km / 281 mi · Air Moana, Air Tahiti

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- VT [Air Tahiti](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-tahiti) · 3
- [Air Moana](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-moana) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 42K (2022) | #2,156 of 3,974 | #106 in Oceania | #9 in PF |
| Longest runway | 1,401 m / 4,596 ft | =7,781 of 29,858 | =496 in Oceania | #13 in PF |
| Elevation | 4 m / 13 ft | =42,081 of 43,403 | =2,105 in Oceania | =15 in PF |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =1 in PF |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | INFO | 119.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [AXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntgu.md) Arutua Airport · 136 km / 85 mi
- [KKR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntgk.md) Kaukura Airport · 138 km / 86 mi
- [AAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntga.md) Anaa Airport · 145 km / 90 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: “Fakarava Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fakarava_Airport&oldid=1363036650), 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/ntgf/data