# Napuka Island Airport (NAU / NTGN)

**Napuka Island Airport** (IATA: NAU, ICAO: NTGN) is a small airport in Napuka Island, French Polynesia. It opened in 1977. In 2022 it handled 2 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NAU / NTGN
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Napuka Island, French Polynesia
- Opened: 1977
- Elevation: 2 m / 7 ft
- Coordinates: -14.1774, -141.2661
- Passengers: 1,727 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-10 · Pacific/Tahiti
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napuka_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6965157
- Ident: NTGN

## Timeline

- 1977: Napuka Island Airport opens.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 1,091 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 1,210 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 1,043 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,031 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,468 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,163 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,342 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 1,519 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,599 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,160 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 1,695 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,727 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [FGU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntgb.md) Fangatau Airport · French Polynesia · 187 km / 116 mi · Air Tahiti
- [RRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntko.md) Raroia Airport · French Polynesia · 245 km / 152 mi · Air Tahiti
- [PKP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntgp.md) Puka Puka Airport · French Polynesia · 273 km / 170 mi · Air Tahiti
- [PPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntaa.md) Fa'a'ā International Airport · French Polynesia · 968 km / 601 mi · Air Tahiti

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- VT [Air Tahiti](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-tahiti) · 4

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2K (2022) | #3,201 of 3,974 | #193 in Oceania | #42 in PF |
| Elevation | 2 m / 7 ft | =42,809 of 43,403 | =2,213 in Oceania | =37 in PF |
| Age | Opened 1977 | =7,544 of 15,079 | =130 in Oceania | =14 in PF |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 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: “Napuka Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Napuka_Airport&oldid=1363063991), 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/ntgn/data