| Nauru International Airport Reikoariata Republik Naoero |
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| Aerial view of the main runway | |||
| The main entrance of Nauru International Airport | |||
| IATA: INU – ICAO: ANYN | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Location | Nauru | ||
| Hub for | Our Airline | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 22 ft / 7 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 12/30 | 7,054 | 2,150 | Asphalt |
Nauru International Airport (IATA: INU, ICAO: ANYN) (Nauruan: Reikoariata Republik Naoero) is the sole airport on the island of the Republic of Nauru. The airport's former ICAO code was ANAU.
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The airport is located in the Yaren district, just north of many of the government buildings, including the Parliament House, police station, and the secondary school. The airport was estimated to have cost 12 million United States dollars and has been up for sale since 1996, when the government ran out of money. It is currently on sale for $10 million. The money would be used to pay the nation's debt, which stands at $11 million 124% of GDP.
The airport has the head office of Our Airline.[1]
Nauru International Airport serves as the main hub of the national carrier, Our Airline, formerly known as Air Nauru. Flights by the above named carrier originate in Brisbane, Australia, continue through Honiara (the capital of the Solomon Islands), and finally onto Nauru.
In 2005, the only Boeing 737-400 of the near bankruptcy airline Air Nauru was seized by an American billionaire in court for failing to pay the last payment of $20,000 on time Melbourne, Australia. This briefly left the island without any air service until the company chartered a Fokker 100 from Alliance Airlines of Townsville, Australia at a cost of $1,000 a week [2].
Since September 2006, Air Nauru has resumed operations under the new name, Our Airline, with a Boeing 737-300 consuming nearly 30% of the nation's GDP.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Our Airline | Brisbane, Honiara[note 1], Tarawa |