Tinian International Airport (IATA: TIQ, ICAO: PGWT, FAA LID: TNI), also known as West Tinian Airport, is a public airport located on Tinian Island in the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. This airport is owned by Commonwealth Ports Authority.[1]

Tinian International Airport West Tinian Airport
U.S. Marines unload a Boeing 747-400 carrying gear and equipment for Exercise Forage Fury 2012, November 28, 2012
IATA: TIQ ICAO: PGWT FAA LID: TNI
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Commonwealth Ports Authority
Location	Tinian
Elevation AMSL	271 ft / 83 m
Coordinates	14°59′57″N 145°37′10″E
Website	cpa.gov.mp/tinapt.asp
Map
TIQ
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 8/26 8,600 2,621 Asphalt/concrete
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 17,829
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

This airport is assigned a three-letter location identifier of TNI by the Federal Aviation Administration, but the International Air Transport Association (IATA) airport code is TIQ (IATA assigned TNI to Satna Airport in India). The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) airport code is PGWT.[1][2][3][4] Tinian International Airport is the hub of Star Marianas Air.

Facilities and aircraft

The airport was established on the site of the World War II era West Field.

Tinian International Airport covers an area of 1,416 acres (573 ha) which contains one paved runway (8/26) measuring 8,600 x 150 ft (2,621 x 46 m).[1]

For 12-month period ending March 31, 2006, the airport had 17,829 aircraft operations, an average of 48 per day: 84% air taxi, 16% general aviation and <1% military.[1]

The head office of Star Marianas Air is in Hangar 1 at the airport.[5]

In May 2012, the United States Marine Corps VMFA-121 operated its F/A-18D Hornets from the airport using M-31 expeditionary aircraft arresting gear systems similar to arresting systems used aboard aircraft carriers during Exercise Geiger Fury.[6]

In 2019 the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands acting through the Commonwealth Ports Authority and the United States Department of Defense signed an agreement to operate a divert airfield at the airport in case Anderson Air Force Base in Guam is unable to be used.[7]

Airlines and destinations

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tinian International Airport.

• Commonwealth Ports Authority: Tinian International Airport
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for TNI
  • AirNav airport information for PGWT
  • ASN accident history for TIQ
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PGWT
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for TNI

На других языках

[es] Aeropuerto Internacional de Tinian

[fr] Aéroport international de Tinian