Nuku Hiva Airport

{{Short description|Airport in Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia}}

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Nuku Hiva Airport is an airport on Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. The airport is located {{convert|19|km|abbr=on}} northwest of the main village of Taiohae. It is also known as Nuku A Taha ("Deserted Land").{{cite web |url=https://www.airtahiti.com/en/nuku-hiva |title=Nuku Hiva |publisher=Air Tahiti |access-date=12 March 2022}} The drive to Taiohae is over dirt roads and takes 90 minutes.{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/nuku-hiva-french-polynesia-marquesas-cmd/index.html |title=Nuku Hiva: This paradise island is one of the remotest places on the planet |publisher=CNN |date=2 June 2021 |access-date=12 March 2022}}

Plans for the airport were revealed in 1976. It was to be constructed in two stages, with the first phase consisting of a 1,500 meter runway, which would be expanded to 2,650 meters in phase two.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-332653576/view?sectionId=nla.obj-338510531 |title=Tahiti Letter: French Polynesia's Year of Decision |work=Pacific Islands Monthly |volume=47 |issue=1 |page=15 |date=1 January 1976 |access-date=12 March 2022 |via=National Library of Australia}} Construction began in 1979.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-337781715/view?sectionId=nla.obj-341095442 |title=F. POLYNESIA A one way ticket to depopulation |work=Pacific Islands Monthly |volume=50 |issue=7 |page=44 |date=1 July 1979 |access-date=12 March 2022 |via=National Library of Australia}} The second phase was never built.