MY FS FLIGHTS
Hiva Oa-Atuona Airport (NTMN) serves Hiva Oa Island in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia, sitting high on a plateau at an elevation of around 1,486 feet. It is a medium-sized aerodrome with a single hard-surfaced runway, lit for night operations, and handles scheduled airline traffic as well as private flying in this remote Pacific archipelago.
Hiva Oa-Atuona Airport lies on Hiva Oa Island in the Marquesas group of French Polynesia. Classed as a medium airport, it supports scheduled airline services in addition to general aviation movements, making it an important link for this remote part of the South Pacific. For a visiting simulator pilot, the field's elevated plateau setting and single runway make it a distinctive and challenging destination.
The aerodrome is situated on Hiva Oa Island, one of the Marquesas Islands, within French Polynesia. It sits at a notably high field elevation of approximately 1,486 feet above mean sea level, unusual for an island airfield and worth accounting for in performance planning.
The airport has a single physical runway aligned 02/20, with a hard surface and runway lighting. The declared length is 4,729 feet when used as runway 02 and 5,269 feet when used as runway 20.
An Aerodrome Flight Information Service (AFIS) is provided on 119.5 MHz. An additional information/radio facility, INFO RDO, operates on 568 MHz, associated with Tahiti RDO. No ILS is available at the field.
Hiva Oa-Atuona Airport continues to operate as a medium airport handling scheduled airline services alongside general aviation traffic, with an AFIS unit providing aerodrome flight information on 119.5 MHz.