# Nukutavake Airport (NUK / NTGW)

**Nukutavake Airport** (IATA: NUK, ICAO: NTGW) is a small airport in Nukutavake, French Polynesia. It opened in 1981. In 2022 it handled 1 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NUK / NTGW
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Nukutavake, French Polynesia
- Opened: 1981
- Elevation: 5 m / 17 ft
- Coordinates: -19.2846, -138.7684
- Passengers: 1,196 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-10 · Pacific/Tahiti
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nukutavake_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15262963
- Ident: NTGW

## Timeline

- 1981: Nukutavake Airport opens.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | 664 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 1,106 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 1,166 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 1,153 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 1,397 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,029 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 972 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,066 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,181 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 782 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 1,185 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,196 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1K (2022) | #3,271 of 3,974 | #197 in Oceania | #46 in PF |
| Elevation | 5 m / 17 ft | =41,673 of 43,403 | =2,060 in Oceania | #11 in PF |
| Age | Opened 1981 | =8,229 of 15,079 | #143 in Oceania | #21 in PF |

## Nearby airports

- [VHZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntuv.md) Vahitahi Airport · 57 km / 35 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/ntgw/data