# Naiu Airport (NIU / NTKN)

**Naiu Airport** (IATA: NIU, ICAO: NTKN) is a small airport in Naiu Atoll, French Polynesia. In 2022 it handled 2 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NIU / NTKN
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Naiu Atoll, French Polynesia
- Elevation: 15 m / 50 ft
- Coordinates: -16.1193, -146.3688
- Passengers: 2,346 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-10 · Pacific/Tahiti
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niau_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19818245
- Ident: NTKN

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 1,263 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 1,004 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 1,289 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,281 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 2,817 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 2,946 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 2,883 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 2,891 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 3,145 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,557 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 2,302 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 2,346 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [AXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntgu.md) Arutua Airport · French Polynesia · 100 km / 62 mi · Air Tahiti
- [PPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntaa.md) Fa'a'ā International Airport · French Polynesia · 380 km / 236 mi · Air Tahiti

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from NIU, 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 | 2K (2022) | #3,115 of 3,974 | #185 in Oceania | #36 in PF |
| Elevation | 15 m / 50 ft | =39,196 of 43,403 | =1,782 in Oceania | #5 in PF |

## Nearby airports

- [APK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntgd.md) Apataki Airport · 61 km / 38 mi
- [KKR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntgk.md) Kaukura Airport · 75 km / 47 mi
- [FAV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntgf.md) Fakarava Airport · 76 km / 47 mi
- [AXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntgu.md) Arutua Airport · 100 km / 62 mi
- [NTGR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntgr.md) Aratika-Perles Airport · 108 km / 67 mi
- [RKA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntkk.md) Aratika Nord Airport · 120 km / 74 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: “Niau Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Niau_Airport&oldid=1363066441), 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/ntkn/data