Faa'a International Airport

Coordinates: 17°33′24″S 149°36′41″W / 17.55667°S 149.61139°W / -17.55667; -149.61139
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Faa'a International Airport

Aéroport international de Tahiti Faa'a
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSETIL – Aéroports
ServesTahiti, French Polynesia, France
LocationPapeete
Hub for
Elevation 
AMSL
2 m / 5 ft
Coordinates17°33′24″S 149°36′41″W / 17.55667°S 149.61139°W / -17.55667; -149.61139
Websitewww.tahiti-aeroport.pf
Map
PPT is located in Tahiti
PPT
PPT
Location in Tahiti
PPT is located in French Polynesia
PPT
PPT
PPT (French Polynesia)
PPT is located in Oceania
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PPT
PPT (Oceania)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 3,420 11,220 Bituminous
Statistics (2023)
Passengers1,708,098
Passenger traffic changeIncrease 21.5%
Aircraft movements44,226
Aircraft movements changeIncrease 22.9%
Sources: French AIP[1] Aeroport.fr[2]

Faa'a International Airport (

Faaa, on the island of Tahiti. It is situated 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest of Papeete, the capital city of the overseas collectivity.[1] It opened in 1960. Regional air carrier Air Tahiti and international air carrier Air Tahiti Nui are both based at the airport.[3]

Overview

Waiting room

Faa'a International Airport serves both domestic and international flights. Air Tahiti has daily flights to most other islands in French Polynesia and one international service to the Cook Islands. There are intercontinental flights to Canada, Chile, Metropolitan France, Japan, New Zealand and the United States. The airport is on Tahiti, which is an island among the

reclaimed land on the coral reef
just offshore.

The airport is operated by Setil Aéroports and has a single 3,420 m (11,220 ft) runway,[1] that can accommodate aircraft up to Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 size.

History

Prior to the construction of the airport, Papeete was served by

Douglas DC-7C propliners.[4] Later the same year, following the opening of the new airport, TAI began serving Papeete directly with DC-7C flights once a week on a round trip routing of Nouméa (NOU) – Nadi (NAN) – Papeete (PPT) – Honolulu (HNL) – Los Angeles (LAX).[5] U.S. based air carrier South Pacific Air Lines was also serving Papeete in 1960, with weekly nonstop flights to Honolulu operated with Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation propliners.[6] By 1962, South Pacific was operating weekly nonstop Super Constellation service to Pago Pago in American Samoa in addition to its flights to Honolulu.[7]

Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux then introduced

Paris Orly Airport (ORY).[9]

By the mid 1960s,

New York JFK Airport via stops in Pago Pago and Honolulu, and by 1979 was operating all of its flights from the airport with Boeing 747 wide body aircraft.[11][12]

Boeing 787 aircraft.[14]

In 1970, Union de Transports Aériens was operating all flights into the airport with long range

Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG).[17] In 1983, UTA was operating Boeing 747 service into the airport in addition to its DC-10-30 flights.[18]

The airport was previously served by several other international airlines, including

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 service once a week on a routing of Papeete – San Francisco – Paris Orly Airport.[22]

Boeing 787-9 service several days a week between the airport and Auckland.[27]

According to the

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
on their flights.

Houston Intercontinental Airport (IAH).[30]

In early 1989, five airlines were operating nonstop wide body jetliner flights from Papeete to Los Angeles (

SFO).[32] In addition, UTA was operating three DC-10 flights a week nonstop to San Francisco (SFO) at this same time with two of these flights continuing on to Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) while the third flight continued on to LAX.[33]

Dreamliner" aircraft to its fleet.[35]

In October 2017, the airport received its first charter flight from China, a Hainan Airlines Airbus A330.[36]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air France Los Angeles, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air Moana[37] Atuona, Bora Bora, Nuku Hiva, Raiatea, Rangiroa
Air New Zealand Auckland
Air Rarotonga Rarotonga
Tureira
Air Tahiti Nui Auckland, Los Angeles, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Seattle/Tacoma, Tokyo–Narita
Nadi, Nouméa
Delta Air Lines Seasonal: Los Angeles
French Bee Paris–Orly, San Francisco
Hawaiian Airlines Honolulu
United Airlines San Francisco

Traffic

Annual passenger traffic at PPT airport. See Wikidata query.
Year Passenger traffic[38]
2000 1,548,327
2001 1,466,370
2002 1,370,254
2003 1,424,365
2004 1,413,572
2005 1,447,260
2006 1,535,825
2007 1,511,340
2008 1,379,832
2009 1,223,315
2010 1,183,273
2011 1,169,819
2012 1,152,593
2013 1,150,610
2014 1,171,618
2015 1,195,105
2016 1,248,517
2017 1,291,807
2018 1,393,849
2019 1,467,402
2020 663,913
2021 781,541
2022 1,405,538
2023 1,708,098

Ground transportation

Many buses come into the airport from Papeete, the main bus being the airport shuttle which goes along the Tahiti west coast freeway, which passes in front of the main terminal.

Accidents and incidents

  • On 22 July 1973,[39] Pan Am Flight 816, a Boeing 707, crashed into the sea just after take-off, killing 78 of 79 occupants.[40]
  • On February 19, 1985, a
    DC-10 operating from Los Angeles to Auckland via Papeete made an emergency landing at Rangiroa following a telephoned bomb threat. Passengers and luggage were removed and flown to Tahiti onboard French military aircraft. The aircraft was searched and no bomb was found. The aircraft was flown empty to Papeete a week later.[41]
  • On 12 September 1993, Air France Flight 072, a Boeing 747–428 from Los Angeles to Papeete, ran off the runway on landing and into a lagoon. The nose of the 747 was submerged in the water. There were no fatalities.[42][43]
  • On 24 December 2000, Hawaiian Airlines Flight 481, a DC-10-10, overshot the runway on landing and slid off the tarmac during a storm. There was one minor injury and no fatalities.[44]
  • On 9 August 2007, Air Moorea Flight 1121 crashed into the ocean shortly after takeoff from Moorea Airport on Moorea Island in French Polynesia, killing all 20 people on board. It was bound for Tahiti's Fa'a'ā International Airport on a regular 7-minute service, one of the shortest on earth, scheduled 40 to 50 times a day. The crash resulted from loss of control due to failure of the airplane's elevator cable. Frequent takeoff and landing are believed to have been a major factor in the crash, because of wear and tear on the elevator cables, inspected only at fixed time intervals, regardless of usage. Another factor may have been jet-blast from large planes pushing back from the ramp at Fa'a'ā International.

References

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  2. ^ "Statistiques Annuelles – AÉROPORT DE TAHITI – FAA'A". www.aeroport.fr. Union des Aéroports Français. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
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  40. Aviation Safety Network
    for Pan Am Flight 816
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  44. ^ Accident on at Tahiti Faaa Airport to the DC10-10 registered N132AA operated by Hawaiian Airlines Archived 2007-10-10 at the Wayback Machine

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