Fua'amotu International Airport
Fua'amotu International Airport
Fua?amotu International Airport (IATA: TBU, ICAO: NFTF) is an international airport in Tonga. It is on the south side of the main island, Tongatapu, 20 km from the capital of Tonga, Nuku?alofa. Although named after the nearby village of Fua?amotu, which is on Tung?'s (the king's) estate, in reality the airfield is located on the Tu?i Pelehake's estate, closer to the village of Pelehake (which did not yet exist as a village during the early aviation days). The air field was constructed by Seabees of the 1st Construction Battalion with assistance and labor of the U. S. Army 147th Infantry Regiment. It was intended as a World War II heavy bomber field, and had three coral-surfaced runways. In the late 1970s, it was expanded to permit jet aircraft to use the runways. Fua?amotu is now suitable for up to Boeing 767 size aircraft, but remains closed to larger jets (e.g. Boeing 747s). Fua?amotu International Airport is equipped with VOR/DME (114.5) and NDB (245) navigational facilities. No ILS is available. Lighting is provided for the runway, apron, and taxiway. International airlines with regular services to Fua?amotu include Air New Zealand and Fiji Airways. Fiji Airways flies Boeing 737-800 aircraft from Nadi and ATR 42-600 aircraft from Suva (operated by Fiji Link). Air New Zealand flies Airbus A320neo, Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 aircraft from Auckland.
Location
21.241°S, 175.149°O · 38 m s. n. m. (126 ft)
General data
Runways · 2
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 2
Tower
Ground
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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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 · 3
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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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, October 15). Fua'amotu International Airport (TBU). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TBU
MLA
“Fua'amotu International Airport (TBU).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TBU. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
Vuelopedia. “Fua'amotu International Airport (TBU).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TBU.
Harvard
Vuelopedia (2026) Fua'amotu International Airport (TBU). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TBU (Accessed: 17 October 2026).
BibTeX
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author = {{Vuelopedia}},
title = {{Fua'amotu International Airport (TBU)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TBU},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TBU}},
urldate = {2026-10-17},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}Wikipedia
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