Niau Airport
Niau Airport is an airport on Niau atoll in French Polynesia. The airport received 2300 passengers in 2021. The construction of the airport resulted in significant disruption to the habitat of the endangered Niau kingfisher.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in French Polynesia
- Also known as: “NIAU”, “NIU”, and “NTKN”
Niau Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Fakarava, Tuamotu-Gambier Islands, Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-16.11974° or 16° 7′ 11″ south
Longitude
-146.3684° or 146° 22′ 6″ west
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
IATA airport code
NIU
ICAO airport code
NTKN
Open location code
53MMVJJJ+4J
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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Satellite Map
Discover Niau Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Niau Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Niau Airport”
- French: “aérodrome de Niau”
- French: “Aérodrome de Niau”
- French: “Aéroport de Niau”
- French: “Niau Airport”
- French: “NIAU”
- French: “NIU”
- German: “Niau Airport”
- Hungarian: “Niau repülőtér”
- Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Niau”
- Indonesian: “NIU”
- Indonesian: “NTKN”
- Japanese: “ニアウ空港”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Niau”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Niau”
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