Hao Airport
Hao Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | DSEAC Polynésie Française | ||||||||||
Serves | Hao Island | ||||||||||
Location | Hao Island, French Polynesia | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 15 ft / 5 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 18°04′29″S 140°56′45″W / 18.07472°S 140.94583°WCoordinates: 18°04′29″S 140°56′45″W / 18.07472°S 140.94583°W | ||||||||||
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HOI Location of the airport in French Polynesia | |||||||||||
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Hao Airport (IATA: HOI, ICAO: NTTO) is an airport on Hao Island in French Polynesia. The airport is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from the village of Otepa. Its unusually long runway (for the atoll's present population) was constructed to permit large transport aircraft (carrying materials for nuclear tests) to land. Their cargoes would be transported onward to nuclear test sites by ships.
Hao airport was a designated emergency landing site for the NASA Space Shuttle.[3]
Airlines and destinations[]
Passenger[]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Air Tahiti | Papeete, Totegegie[4] |
References[]
- ^ "Airport information for NTTO". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
- ^ NTTO – Hao. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 30 December 2021.
- ^ Space Shuttle Emergency Landing Sites
- ^ "Download forecast schedule - Official website - Air Tahiti".
Categories:
- Airports in French Polynesia
- Space Shuttle Emergency Landing Sites
- Oceanian airport stubs
- French Polynesia geography stubs