List of airports in Tonga - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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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...

s in Tonga
Tonga
Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga , is a state and an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, comprising 176 islands scattered over of ocean in the South Pacific...

, sorted by location.

Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is an archipelago

Archipelago

An archipelago , sometimes called an island group, is a chain or cluster of islands. The word archipelago is derived from the Greek ἄρχι- – arkhi- and πέλαγος – pélagos through the Italian arcipelago...

in the South Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

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, consisting of 169 islands, 36 of them inhabited. The Kingdom stretches over a distance of about 800 kilometres (497.1 mi) in a north-south line. The islands that constitute the archipelago lie south of Samoa

Samoa

Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...

, about one-third of the way from New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

to Hawaii

Hawaii

Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

Airports

Location served	ICAO ICAO airport code The ICAO airport code or location indicator is a four-character alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators.The ICAO codes are used by air traffic...	IATA IATA airport code An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association...	Airport name	Coordinates
Eua]]	NFTE	EUA	Eua Airport (Kaufana Airport) 'Eua Airport Eua Airport , known in Tonga as Kaufana Airport, is an airport in Eua, Tonga. The airport is located southeast of the capital 'Ohonua.Tonga's domestic airliner Chathams Pacific provides frequent airlines from Tongatapu. It takes only eight minutes to fly from Tongatapu making it one of the world's...	21°23′S 174°57′W
Lifuka Lifuka Lifuka is an island in the Kingdom of Tonga. It is located within the Haapai Group in the centre of the country, to northeast of the national capital of Nukualofa... , Haapai	NFTL	HPA	Lifuka Island Airport Lifuka Island Airport Lifuka Island Airport , also known as Salote Pilolevu Airport, is an airport on Lifuka in Tonga. The airport is located north of the capital Pangai. Chathams Pacific offers domestic air services to the airport connecting Haapai to Tongatapu and Vava'u. Flight time is approximately 40 minutes to... (Salote Pilolevu Airport)	19°46′36"S 174°20′28"W
Niuafoou Niuafo'ou Niuafoou is the most northerly island in the kingdom of Tonga. It is a volcanic rim island of 15 km² and with a population of 650 in 2006.-Geography:...	NFTO	NFO	Mataaho Airport Mata'aho Airport Mata'aho Airport is an airport in Niuafo'ou, Tonga. Limited domestic air services operated by Chathams Pacific connect Niuafo’ou to Vava’u and Tongatapu....	15°34′16"S 175°37′51"W
Niuatoputapu Niuatoputapu For the 2009 tsunami, see the main article: 2009 Samoa tsunami.Niuatoputapu is an island in the island nation of Tonga, Pacific Ocean. Its name means sacred island. Older European names for the island are Traitors island or Keppel island.Niuatoputapu is located in the north of the country,...	NFTP	NTT	Niuatoputapu Airport Niuatoputapu Airport Niuatoputapu Airport , also known as Kuini Lavinia Airport, is an airport in Niuatoputapu, Tonga.Damage to the airport from the 2009 Samoa earthquake and ensuing tsunami caused it to be temporarily closed following the disaster... (Kuini Lavenia Airport)	15°58′36"S 173°45′18"W
Nukualofa Nukuʻalofa Nukualofa is the capital of the Kingdom of Tonga. It is located on the north coast of the island of Tongatapu, in the southern most island group of Tonga.-Mythological origins:... , Tongatapu Tongatapu Tongatapu is the main island of the Kingdom of Tonga and the location of its capital Nukualofa. It is located in Tonga's southern island group, to which it gives its name, and is the country's most populous island, with approximately 71,260 residents , 70.5% of the national population...	NFTF	TBU	Fuaamotu International Airport	21°14′28"S 175°08′58"W
Vavau	NFTV	VAV	Vavau International Airport Vava'u International Airport Vavau International Airport , also known as Lupepauu International Airport, is an airport in Vavau, Tonga.Vava’u is Tonga’s main tourism hub, where some 34 islands provide both dramatic scenery and a world renown center for water related activities; sailing, fishing, diving... (Lupepauu Airport)	18°35′07"S 173°57′42"W

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