Puka-Puka Airport

Puka-Puka Airport is an airport on Puka-Puka in French Polynesia (IATA: PKP, ICAO: NTGP). The airport is 3 km northeast of the village of Teonemahina. The airport is extremely vulnerable to climate change caused sea level rise. The airport only sits 1.5 meters in elevation above sea level, so even with low end climate model predictions, the airport is likely to be flooded.[2]

Puka Puka Airport
Summary
ServesPuka-Puka
Elevation AMSL5 ft / 2 m
Coordinates14°48′33.5″S 138°48′39.2″W
Map
PKP is located in French Polynesia
PKP
PKP
Location of the airport in French Polynesia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 3,051 1,004 Asphalt

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Air Tahiti Fakahina,[3] Fangatau,[3] Makemo, Papeete,[3] Raroia

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at PKP airport. See Wikidata query.

References

  1. "Puka Puka Airport". Airports Worldwide. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. Yesudian, Aaron N.; Dawson, Richard J. (2021-01-01). "Global analysis of sea level rise risk to airports". Climate Risk Management. 31: 100266. doi:10.1016/j.crm.2020.100266. ISSN 2212-0963. S2CID 233747386.
  3. Liu, Jim. "Air Tahiti adds new domestic sectors in NS20". Routesonline. Retrieved 14 February 2020.


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