Nuku Hiva Airport

LocationNuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia

Coordinates08°47′44″S 140°13′43″W / 8.79556°S 140.22861°W / -8.79556; -140.22861

Nuku Hiva Airport
IATA: NHV ICAO: NTMD
Summary
Location	Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
Coordinates	08°47′44″S 140°13′43″W / 8.79556°S 140.22861°W / -8.79556; -140.22861
Map
NHV Location of the airport in French Polynesia
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 06/24 5,571 1,698 Paved
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Nuku Hiva Airport is an airport on Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. The airport is located 19 km (12 mi) northwest of the main village of Taiohae. It is also known as Nuku A Taha ("Deserted Land").^[2] The drive to Taiohae is over dirt roads and takes 90 minutes.^[2][3]

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.^[4] Construction began in 1979.^[5] The second phase was never built.