Fitiuta Airport
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| IATA: FTI – ICAO: NSFQ – FAA LID: FAQ | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of American Samoa | ||||||||||
| Location | Fitiuta, American Samoa | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 110 ft / 34 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 14°12′58″S 169°25′25″W / 14.21611°S 169.42361°WCoordinates: 14°12′58″S 169°25′25″W / 14.21611°S 169.42361°W | ||||||||||
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Fitiuta Airport (IATA: FTI, ICAO: NSFQ, FAA 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. Fitiuta Airport replaces Tau Airport previously located in the village of Tau. Tau Airport was officially deactivated after the construction and activation of Fitiuta Airport. 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]
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] Fitiuta airport also has a fully functioning fire-crash station (activated in 2011), lighted runway and operates as a Part 139 airport.
Inter Island Airways is the only air carrier operating flights to Fitiuta Airport from Pago Pago International Airport.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Inter Island Airways | Pago Pago |
| Manu'a Airways | Pago Pago, Ofu, Fagali'i Airport (Begin Late 2015) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 FAA Airport Master Record for FAQ (Form 5010 PDF), retrieved 2007-03-15
- ↑ Great Circle Mapper: NSFQ - Fitiuta, American Samoa
- ↑ Aviation Safety Network: FAQ - Frieda River, Papua New Guinea
External links
- National Park Service map of the Manu‘a Islands showing location of Fiti‘uta village and airport on the island of Ta‘ū.
- Resources for this airport:
- Airport information for FAQ at AirNav
- Airport information for NSFQ at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- Airport Information and Live Flight Tracker for NSFQ at FlightAware
- Accident history for FTI at Aviation Safety Network