# Vahitahi Airport (VHZ / NTUV)

**Vahitahi Airport** (IATA: VHZ, ICAO: NTUV) is a small airport in Vahitahi, French Polynesia. It opened in 1978. In 2022 it handled 1 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VHZ / NTUV
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Vahitahi, French Polynesia
- Opened: 1978
- Elevation: 3 m / 9 ft
- Coordinates: -18.7807, -138.8557
- Passengers: 1,104 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-10 · Pacific/Tahiti
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vahitahi_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16897548
- Ident: NTUV

## Timeline

- 1978: Vahitahi Airport opens.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 2,339 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 791 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 728 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 717 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 741 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 741 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,083 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 1,178 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,122 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 609 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 1,009 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,104 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1K (2022) | #3,281 of 3,974 | #199 in Oceania | #47 in PF |
| Elevation | 3 m / 9 ft | =42,649 of 43,403 | =2,189 in Oceania | =32 in PF |
| Age | Opened 1978 | =7,719 of 15,079 | =136 in Oceania | =16 in PF |

## Nearby airports

- [NUK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntgw.md) Nukutavake 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/ntuv/data