Fitiuta Airport

Fitiuta Airport
IATA: FTIICAO: NSFQFAA LID: FAQ
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Government of American Samoa
Location Fitiuta, American Samoa
Elevation AMSL 110 ft / 34 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 3,200 975 Concrete
Statistics (2002)
Aircraft operations 2,832
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Fitiuta Airport (IATA: FTIICAO: NSFQFAA LID: FAQ) is a public airport located in Fiti‘uta, a village on the island of Ta‘ū in American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States. The airport is owned by Government of American Samoa.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Fitiuta Airport is assigned FAQ by the FAA and FTI by the IATA (which assigned FAQ to Frieda River Airport in Papua New Guinea). The airport's ICAO identifier is NSFQ. [2] [3]

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Facilities and aircraft

Fitiuta Airport has one paved runway designated 12/30 which measures 3,200 x 75 ft. (975 x 23 m). For 12-month period ending December 31, 2002, the airport had 2,832 aircraft operations, an average of 7 per day, 100% of which were air taxi flights.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Inter Island Airways Apia, Pago Pago

References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for FAQ (Form 5010 PDF), retrieved 2007-03-15
  2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: NSFQ - Fitiuta, American Samoa
  3. ^ Aviation Safety Network: FAQ - Frieda River, Papua New Guinea

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