Tau Airport

Tau Airport was a privately owned, private-use located 1.6 kilometers southeast of the village of Ta‘ū on the island of Ta‘ū in , an unincorporated territory of the .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: airport in Manu’a District, United States of America
  • Also known as: “TAV”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tui Manuʻa Graves Monument.

Protected area
The is a funerary marker and grave site on the island , the largest island of the Manuʻa group in . It is located northwest of the junction of Taʻū Village and Taʻū Island Roads on the west side of the island. is situated 2,300 feet northwest of Tau Airport.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ta’u and Faleasao.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Taʻū is the largest inhabited island in the in and the easternmost volcanic island of the Samoan Islands. In the early 19th century, the island was sometimes called Opoun.

Village
Faleāsao is a in . Administratively, it is located in Faleāsao County, , on the northern shore of . It is divided into two sub-villages: Siʻuaʻi, consisting of the eastern half; and Tufulele, consisting of the western half.

Village
, also known as Fiti'uta or Maia, is a village on the northeast coast of island, one of the in . As of the 2010 United States census, it had a population of 153. is situated 6 miles east of Tau Airport.

Tau Airport

Latitude
-14.23205° or 14° 13′ 55″ south
Longitude
-169.51102° or 169° 30′ 40″ west
Elevation
184 feet (56 metres)
Open location code
52QGQF9Q+5H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 368380927
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q6588067
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Tau Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Tau Airport”
  • French: “aérodrome de Ta‘ū”
  • French: “Aérodrome de Ta‘ū”
  • Indonesian: “TAV”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Taʻu”
  • Japanese: “タウ空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Tau”
  • Persian: “TAV”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه تاو”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Tau”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Tau”
  • Russian: “Тау (аэропорт)”
  • Russian: “Тау”
  • Swedish: “Tau Airport”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Tau”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ta‘ū Marsh and Maafee Island.

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Explore places such as Manu‘a High School and Ta‘ū Wharf.

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