# Canton Island Airport (CIS / PCIS)

**Canton Island Airport** (IATA: CIS, ICAO: PCIS) is a medium airport in Abariringa, Phoenix Islands, Kiribati. It opened in 1939. It closed in Jan 1968.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CIS / PCIS
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Abariringa, Phoenix Islands, Kiribati
- Opened: 1939
- Closed: Jan 1968 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 3 m / 9 ft
- Coordinates: -2.7681, -171.7100
- Time zone: UTC+13 · Pacific/Kanton
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_Island_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3274519
- Ident: PCIS

## Timeline

- 1939: Canton Island Airport opens.
- Jan 1968: Canton Island Airport closes.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 3 m / 9 ft | =42,649 of 43,403 | =2,189 in Oceania | =6 in KI |
| Age | Opened 1939 | =1,029 of 15,079 | =32 in Oceania | #1 in KI |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 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: “Canton Island Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canton_Island_Airport&oldid=1362753140), revision of 6 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/pcis/data