Hanan International Airport
| Hanan International Airport | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | NIUE |
| IATA code | IUE |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 64 m (210 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 3 km south of Alofi |
| Basic data | |
| operator | Government of Niue |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Start-and runway | |
| 10/28 | 2335 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Hanan International Airport (also Niue International Airport ) is the regional airport of the Pacific island of Niue and also the only of the island. It is located on the west side of Niues and is about three kilometers from the main town of Alofi . The airport is served by the airline Air New Zealand once a week .
In 1995 it was expanded for the take-off of Boeing 737 aircraft with maximum weight and has an asphalted, 2335 meter long runway as well as a terminal and tower .
location
The airport is in the area of Villages Alofi South and Tamakautoga . It is connected by paved roads with the towns of Alofi (three kilometers away) and Tamakautoga (five kilometers away). There is a connection to the ring road that circles the entire island.
Airlines and Destinations
Until October 2005, the Hanan International Airport was flown once a week by the Samoan airline Polynesian Airlines from Apia (Samoa) with small aircraft, which today only serves the route from Apia to Pago Pago (American Samoa). Since November 2005 there is only one flight connection to Niue. Every Friday and, since May 2014, every Wednesday, Air New Zealand flies from Auckland with an Airbus A320 to Niue Airport. In 2007 there were 123 flights on this route, with which 9292 passengers were carried.
Web links
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
- Information about the airport
- NIUE INTL (NIUE). (PDF; 416 kB) Airport and approach charts. In: Aeronautical Information Service (RAAF AIS). Royal Australian Air Force , May 2, 2013, archived from the original on December 10, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Getting to Niue. In: Niue. Niue Tourism Office, archived from the original on August 24, 2014 ; accessed on January 12, 2019 .
- ↑ New Zealand Aviation Overview - Flights, passengers and related statistics . New Zealand Ministry of Tourism, Wellington November 2008, pp. 16 , Table 2: International Air Passengers and Flights via Overseas Airports, 2007 (English, online [PDF; 341 kB ; accessed on August 8, 2019]).