# Hiva Oa-Atuona Airport (AUQ / NTMN)

**Hiva Oa-Atuona Airport** (IATA: AUQ, ICAO: NTMN) is a medium airport in Hiva Oa Island, French Polynesia. It opened on 29 Dec 1971. It has one runway, 1,215 m (3,986 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 39 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AUQ / NTMN
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Hiva Oa Island, French Polynesia
- Opened: 29 Dec 1971
- Elevation: 451 m / 1,481 ft
- Coordinates: -9.7688, -139.0110
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,215 m / 3,986 ft
- Passengers: 38,726 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-9:30 · Pacific/Marquesas
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atuona_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2901339
- Ident: NTMN

## Timeline

- 29 Dec 1971: Hiva Oa-Atuona Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 1,215 m / 3,986 ft | 23 m / 75 ft | Asphalt | 031° / 211° | yes |

- 02/20 slopes 1.3%: threshold 02 at 435 m / 1,428 ft, threshold 20 at 451 m / 1,481 ft.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 23,493 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 21,922 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 21,869 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 21,014 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 29,116 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 30,477 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 31,403 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 33,523 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 35,605 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 23,282 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 32,434 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 38,726 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [UAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntmu.md) Ua Huka Airport · French Polynesia · 110 km / 68 mi · Air Tahiti
- [UAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntmp.md) Ua Pou Airport · French Polynesia · 126 km / 78 mi · Air Tahiti
- [NHV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntmd.md) Nuku Hiva Airport · French Polynesia · 172 km / 107 mi · Air Moana, Air Tahiti
- [PPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntaa.md) Fa'a'ā International Airport · French Polynesia · 1,434 km / 891 mi · Air Moana, Air Tahiti

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- VT [Air Tahiti](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-tahiti) · 4
- [Air Moana](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-moana) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 39K (2022) | #2,189 of 3,974 | #107 in Oceania | #10 in PF |
| Longest runway | 1,215 m / 3,986 ft | =10,020 of 29,858 | =749 in Oceania | #22 in PF |
| Elevation | 451 m / 1,481 ft | =12,196 of 43,403 | #419 in Oceania | #1 in PF |
| Age | Opened 1971 | =6,388 of 15,079 | #119 in Oceania | #9 in PF |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =1 in PF |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | INFO | 119.500 |
| RDO | TAHITI RDO | 568.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [UAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntmu.md) Ua Huka Airport · 110 km / 68 mi
- [UAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntmp.md) Ua Pou Airport · 126 km / 78 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: “Atuona Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atuona_Airport&oldid=1363014982), 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/ntmn/data