Tikehau Airport

{{Short description|Airport in Tikehau, French Polynesia}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = Tikehau Airport

| nativename = Aéroport de Tikehau

| nativename-a =

| nativename-r =

| IATA = TIH

| ICAO = NTGC

| type = Public

| owner-oper =

| owner =

| operator = SEAC Polynésie Française[http://www.seac.pf/ Service d'état de l'Aviation Civile de la Polynésie Française (in French)] Accessed 17 February 2010

| city-served =

| location = Tikehau

| metric-elev =

| elevation-f = 6

| elevation-m = 2

| coordinates = {{coord|15|07|10.92|S|148|14|0.96|W|region:PF|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = French Polynesia

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of the airport in French Polynesia

| pushpin_label = TIH

| pushpin_label_position = top

| metric-rwy = Y

| r1-number = 06/24

| r1-length-f = 3,937

| r1-length-m = 1,200

| r1-surface = Paved

}}

Tikehau Airport is an airport on Tikehau atoll in French Polynesia {{airport codes|TIH|NTGC}}. The airport is located 1 km southeast of Tuherahera. It was inaugurated in 1977. In 2009, 41,817 passengers transited through Tikehau.[http://www.aeroport.fr/les-aeroports-de-l-uaf/stats-tikehau.php Liste des aéroports de France, parking aéroport de Tikehau (in French)] Accessed 17 February 2010

The airport has minimal services: there is no runway lighting system for landing at night, no instrument approach and no control tower.[https://www.sia.aviation-civile.gouv.fr/aip/enligne/PDF_AIPparSSection/AIP%20PAC-P/AD/2/1003_AD-2.NTGC.pdf Airport Information for Pilots] Accessed 17 February 2010