Nikunau Airport
Nikunau is a low coral atoll in the Gilbert Islands. It consists of two parts, with the larger in the northwest, joined by an isthmus about 150 metres wide.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport on Nikunau Island, Kiribati
- Also known as: “NGNU”, “NIG”, and “Nikunau Airfield”
Nikunau Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Nikunau, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati, Micronesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-1.31444° or 1° 18′ 52″ south
Longitude
176.41° or 176° 24′ 36″ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
IATA airport code
NIG
ICAO airport code
NGNU
Open location code
6VCRMCP6+62
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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Satellite Map
Discover Nikunau Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Welsh—“Nikunau Airport” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “尼库瑙岛机场”
- Chinese: “尼库瑙机场”
- Chinese: “尼庫瑙機場”
- German: “Flugplatz Nikunau”
- German: “NGNU”
- Hausa: “NIG”
- Hausa: “Tashan jirgi na Nikunau”
- Indonesian: “NGNU”
- Indonesian: “NIG”
- Japanese: “ニクナウ空港”
- Persian: “NGNU”
- Persian: “NIG”
- Persian: “فرودگاه نیکونائو”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Nikunau”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Nikunau”
- Welsh: “Maes Awyr Nikunau”
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