List of airports in the Northern Mariana Islands

This is a list of airport
Airport
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s in the Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines...

(a U.S. Commonwealth

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), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that previously were public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

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or airports assigned an IATA

International Air Transport Association

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airport code.

Airports

This list contains the following information:

Location - The village or island generally associated with the airport.

FAA - The location identifier
Location identifier
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assigned by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

IATA - The airport code assigned by the International Air Transport Association
International Air Transport Association
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(IATA). Those that do not match the FAA code are shown in bold.

ICAO - The location indicator
International Civil Aviation Organization airport code
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assigned by the International Civil Aviation Organization
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(ICAO).

Airport name - The official airport name. Those shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.

Role - One of four FAA airport categories
FAA airport categories
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, as per the 2009-2013 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
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(NPIAS) Report and updated based on FAA Passenger Boarding Data:

- P: Commercial Service - Primary are publicly owned airports that receive scheduled passenger service and have more than 10,000 passenger boardings (enplanements) each year. Each primary airport is sub-classified by the FAA as one of the following four "hub" types:
  - L: Large Hub that accounts for at least 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
  - M: Medium Hub that accounts for between 0.25% and 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
  - S: Small Hub that accounts for between 0.05% and 0.25% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
  - N: Non-Hub that accounts for less than 0.05% of total U.S. passenger enplanements, but more than 10,000 annual enplanements.
- CS: Commercial Service - Non-Primary are publicly owned airports that receive scheduled passenger service and have at least 2,500 passenger boardings each year.
- R: Reliever airports are designated by the FAA to relieve congestion at a large commercial service airport and to provide more general aviation access to the overall community.
- GA: General Aviation
  General aviation
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  airports are the largest single group of airports in the U.S. airport system.

Enpl. - The number of enplanements (commercial passenger boardings) that occurred at the airport in calendar year
Calendar year
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2008, as per FAA records.

Location	FAA	IATA	ICAO	Airport name	Role	Enpl.
				Commercial Service - Primary Airports
Obyan, Saipan Island Saipan Saipan is the largest island of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , a chain of 15 tropical islands belonging to the Marianas archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean with a total area of . The 2000 census population was 62,392...	GSN	SPN	PGSN	Saipan International Airport Saipan International Airport - See also :* East Field * USAAF in the Central Pacific-References:* Dorr, Robert F. B-29 Units of World War II. Botley, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2002. ISBN 1-84176-285-7... (Francisco C. Ada)	P-S	441,013
Rota Island Rota (island) Rota also known as the "peaceful island", is the southernmost island of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the second southernmost of the Marianas Archipelago. It lies approximately 40 miles north-northeast of the United States territory of Guam...	GRO	ROP	PGRO	Rota International Airport Rota International Airport Rota International Airport is a public airport located on Rota Island in the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , near the village of Sinapalo. The airport is owned by the Commonwealth Ports Authority.Although most U.S...	P-N	27,776
Tinian Island Tinian Tinian is one of the three principal islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.-Geography:Tinian is about 5 miles southwest of its sister island, Saipan, from which it is separated by the Saipan Channel. It has a land area of 39 sq.mi....	TNI	TIQ	PGWT	Tinian International Airport Tinian International Airport Tinian International Airport , also known as West Tinian Airport, is a public airport located on Tinian Island in the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. This airport is owned by Commonwealth Ports Authority.Although most U.S... (West Tinian)	P-N	24,806
				General Aviation Airports
Shomu-Shon, Pagan Island Pagan Island Pagan is an island of the Northern Mariana Islands chain,located at , approximately 320 kilometers northof Saipan.Pagan has an area of 47.23 km² , making it the fourth largest island of the Northern Marianas, and consists of two stratovolcanoes joined by a narrow strip of land.The...	TT01			Pagan Airstrip Pagan Airstrip Pagan Airstrip is a public airport located on Pagan Island in the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, near the village of Shomu-Shon. The airport is owned by Commonwealth Ports Authority.- Facilities and aircraft :...	GA
				Former Military Airfields
Tinian Island Tinian Tinian is one of the three principal islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.-Geography:Tinian is about 5 miles southwest of its sister island, Saipan, from which it is separated by the Saipan Channel. It has a land area of 39 sq.mi....				North Field North Field (Tinian) North Field is a former World War II airfield on Tinian in the Mariana Islands. Abandoned after the war, today North Field is a tourist attraction....

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