Arorae Island Airport
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Arorae Island Airport is the airport
serving Arorae
, Kiribati
. It is located in the north of the island, north of the village of Tamaroa.
The airport is served by Air Kiribati
from Tabiteuea North, which is connected directly with the international airport
at South Tarawa
, but lands at Tamana too on its way from Arorae back to Tabiteuea North.
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Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
serving Arorae
Arorae
Arorae is an atoll in Kiribati located near the equator.- Geography :The atoll's area is 9,5 km² and has a population of about 1,225 inhabitants most of which are Protestants. The largest villages on the atoll are Roreti, Tamaroa and Taribo.The atoll is a low and flat coralline island with an...
, Kiribati
Kiribati
Kiribati , officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. The permanent population exceeds just over 100,000 , and is composed of 32 atolls and one raised coral island, dispersed over 3.5 million square kilometres, straddling the...
. It is located in the north of the island, north of the village of Tamaroa.
The airport is served by Air Kiribati
Air Kiribati
Air Kiribati Limited is the national airline of Kiribati operating passenger services within the Gilbert Islands of Kiribati, and to Fiji. It also operates charters, medical evacuation and search and rescue services. Its main base is Bonriki International Airport, Tarawa Atoll.Until 2008, it was...
from Tabiteuea North, which is connected directly with the international airport
Bonriki International Airport
-See also:* USAAF in the Central Pacific...
at South Tarawa
South Tarawa
South Tarawa is the official capital of the Republic of Kiribati on Tarawa Atoll. The meaning of Teinainano is "down of the mast", alluding to the sail-shape of the atoll...
, but lands at Tamana too on its way from Arorae back to Tabiteuea North.
Airlines and destinations
Air Kiribati connection with Tamana
Landing at Tamana is not a fuel stop: Since this is the only time in the week Tamana is served, passengers can get in or get out there. Thus, note that if one wants to fly from Tamana to Arorae, he cannot do anything else than make the big detour via Tabiteuea North (which lies much farther from Tamana than Arorae does), and wait a full week there, until the next flight to Arorae (because from Tabiteuea North, the plane continues its way to Bonriki International AirportBonriki International Airport
-See also:* USAAF in the Central Pacific...
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