# Arutua Airport (AXR / NTGU)

**Arutua Airport** (IATA: AXR, ICAO: NTGU) is a medium airport in French Polynesia. It opened in 1984. It has one runway, 1,301 m (4,268 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 11 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AXR / NTGU
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: French Polynesia
- Opened: 1984
- Elevation: 3 m / 9 ft
- Coordinates: -15.2483, -146.6170
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,301 m / 4,268 ft
- Passengers: 11,409 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-10 · Pacific/Tahiti
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arutua_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4263739
- Ident: NTGU

## Timeline

- 1984: Arutua Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 1,301 m / 4,268 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 117° / 297° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 6,332 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 6,537 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 6,612 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 7,097 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 9,433 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 9,670 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 10,447 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 11,392 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 11,244 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 7,049 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 10,068 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 11,409 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [AHE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nthe.md) Ahe Airport · French Polynesia · 99 km / 62 mi · Air Tahiti
- [PPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntaa.md) Fa'a'ā International Airport · French Polynesia · 409 km / 254 mi · Air Tahiti

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from AXR, 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 | 11K (2022) | #2,633 of 3,974 | #141 in Oceania | #16 in PF |
| Longest runway | 1,301 m / 4,268 ft | =8,660 of 29,858 | #617 in Oceania | #17 in PF |
| Elevation | 3 m / 9 ft | =42,649 of 43,403 | =2,189 in Oceania | =32 in PF |
| Age | Opened 1984 | =8,717 of 15,079 | =156 in Oceania | #22 in PF |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =1 in PF |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | INFO | 118.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [KKR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntgk.md) Kaukura Airport · 54 km / 34 mi
- [AHE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nthe.md) Ahe Airport · 99 km / 62 mi
- [XMH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntgi.md) Manihi Airport · 108 km / 67 mi
- [RGI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nttg.md) Rangiroa Airport · 117 km / 73 mi
- [FAV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntgf.md) Fakarava Airport · 136 km / 85 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: “Arutua Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arutua_Airport&oldid=1363014348), 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/ntgu/data