# Pukaruha Airport (PUK / NTGQ)

**Pukaruha Airport** (IATA: PUK, ICAO: NTGQ) is a small airport in Pukaruha, French Polynesia. It opened in 1979. In 2022 it handled 2 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PUK / NTGQ
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Pukaruha, French Polynesia
- Opened: 1979
- Elevation: 2 m / 5 ft
- Coordinates: -18.2957, -137.0163
- Passengers: 1,910 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-10 · Pacific/Tahiti
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pukarua_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15269118
- Ident: NTGQ

## Timeline

- 1979: Pukaruha Airport opens.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 2,359 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 1,777 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 1,744 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,852 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,730 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,641 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,819 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 1,840 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,857 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,129 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 1,725 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,910 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2K (2022) | #3,172 of 3,974 | #190 in Oceania | #40 in PF |
| Elevation | 2 m / 5 ft | =43,055 of 43,403 | =2,265 in Oceania | =49 in PF |
| Age | Opened 1979 | =7,894 of 15,079 | =140 in Oceania | =18 in PF |

## Nearby airports

- [REA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntge.md) Reao 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)
- [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/ntgq/data