Pago Pago International Airport

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Coordinates: 14°19′54″S 170°42′41″W / -14.33167, -170.71139

Pago Pago International Airport
IATA: PPG – ICAO: NSTU – FAA: PPG
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Government of American Samoa
Location		Pago Pago, American Samoa
Elevation AMSL		32 ft / 10 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
5/23	10,000	3,048	Asphalt
8/26	3,800	1,158	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Enplanements			56,705
Aircraft operations			14,043
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Detail map of Tutuila Island showing location of Pago Pago International Airport, near center.

Pago Pago International Airport (IATA: PPG, ICAO: NSTU, FAA LID: PPG) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district of Pago Pago on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States. The airport is owned by Government of American Samoa.^[1]

1 Facilities and aircraft
2 Airlines and destinations
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Pago Pago International Airport covers an area of 700 acres (283 ha) which contains two runways:^[1]

Runway 5/23: 10,000 x 150 ft. (3,048 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 8/26: 3,800 x 75 ft. (1,158 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt

For 12-month period ending December 30, 2005, the airport had 14,043 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per day: 93% air taxi, 4% scheduled commercial, 2% military and 1% general aviation.^[1]