NHVNTMD

Nuku Hiva Airport

Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia

Oceania Pacific/Marquesas

4direct destinations

1airlines

1runway

1,700 mLongest runway

Nuku Hiva Airport is an airport on Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. The airport is located 19 km (12 mi) northwest of the main village of Taiohae. It is also known as Nuku A Taha ("Deserted Land"). The drive to Taiohae is over dirt roads and takes 90 minutes. Plans for the airport were revealed in 1976. It was to be constructed in two stages, with the first phase consisting of a 1,500 meter runway, which would be expanded to 2,650 meters in phase two. Construction began in 1979. The second phase was never built.

Location

8.796°S, 140.229°O · 67 m s. n. m. (220 ft)

General data

CountryFrench Polynesia

CityNuku Hiva

IATA codeNHV

ICAO codeNTMD

Coordinates8.796°S, 140.229°O

Elevation67 m s. n. m. (220 ft)

Time zonePacific/Marquesas

Runways1

Longest runway1,700 m

Direct destinations4

Runways · 1

06/24

Length1,700 m5,577 ft

Width30 m98 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

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

Airlines operating here · 1

Other airlines with direct routes

Air Tahiti

Route network according to OpenFlights (open route database). It may not reflect recent schedule changes.

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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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, September 27). Nuku Hiva Airport (NHV). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/NHV

MLA

“Nuku Hiva Airport (NHV).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 27 Sept. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/NHV. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_nhv,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Nuku Hiva Airport (NHV)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-09-27},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/NHV},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/NHV}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}

Wikipedia

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