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Fakarava Airport

French Polynesia · Oceania

Oceania Pacific/Tahiti

3direct destinations

2airlines

1runway

1,401 mLongest runway

Fakarava Airport is an airport serving the island of Fakarava in French Polynesia (IATA: FAV, ICAO: NTGF). The airport is 3.5 km west of the village of Rotoava. It is located northeast of Papeete, the Tahitian Capital.

Location

16.054°S, 145.657°O · 4 m s. n. m. (13 ft)

General data

CountryFrench Polynesia

IATA codeFAV

ICAO codeNTGF

Coordinates16.054°S, 145.657°O

Elevation4 m s. n. m. (13 ft)

Time zonePacific/Tahiti

Runways1

Longest runway1,401 m

Direct destinations3

Runways · 1

05/23

Length1,401 m4,596 ft

Width30 m98 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 1

Flight information

119.900INFO

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 2

Other airlines with direct routes

Air Moana Air Tahiti

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: Laurent Seignobos · CC BY-SA 4.0 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Fakarava Airport (FAV). Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/FAV

MLA

“Fakarava Airport (FAV).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/FAV. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Fakarava Airport (FAV).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/FAV.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Fakarava Airport (FAV). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/FAV (Accessed: 23 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_fav,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Fakarava Airport (FAV)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/FAV},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/FAV}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-23},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-23}
}

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/FAV |title=Fakarava Airport (FAV) |website=Vuelopedia |publisher=Fundación Poderia |date=2026-10-15 |access-date=2026-10-23 |language=en}}