List of airports in American Samoa
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This is a list of airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

s in American Samoa
American Samoa
American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa...

(a U.S. territory
Insular area
An insular area is a United States territory, that is neither a part of one of the fifty U.S. states nor the District of Columbia, the federal district of the United States...

), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S...

 or airports assigned an IATA
International Air Transport Association
The International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...

 airport code.

Airports

This list contains the following information:
  • Location - The village
    Administrative divisions of American Samoa
    American Samoa is administratively divided into three districts and two "unorganized" atolls.The districts and unorganized atolls are subdivided into 16 counties and 74 villages.- Districts and counties :* Eastern District**Ituau County**Ma'Oputasi County...

     or other location generally associated with the airport.

  • FAA - The location identifier
    Location identifier
    A location identifier is a symbolic representation for the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, or weather station, and is used for manned air traffic control facilities in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services.-ICAO...

     assigned by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

  • IATA - The airport code assigned by the International Air Transport Association
    International Air Transport Association
    The International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...

     (IATA). Those that do not match the FAA code are shown in bold.

  • ICAO - The location indicator
    International Civil Aviation Organization airport code
    The ICAO airport code or location indicator is a four-character alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators.The ICAO codes are used by air traffic...

     assigned by the International Civil Aviation Organization
    International Civil Aviation Organization
    The International Civil Aviation Organization , pronounced , , is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth...

     (ICAO).

  • Airport name - The official airport name. Those shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.

  • Role - One of four FAA airport categories
    FAA airport categories
    The United States Federal Aviation Administration has a system for categorizing public-use airports that is primarily based on the level of commercial passenger traffic through each facility. It is used to determine if an airport is eligible for funding through the federal government's Airport...

    , as per the 2009-2013 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
    National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
    The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems is an inventory of U.S. aviation infrastructure assets. It is developed and maintained by the Federal Aviation Administration . Its purposes are:* to identify all the airports in the U.S...

     (NPIAS) Report and updated based on FAA Passenger Boarding Data:

    • P: Commercial Service - Primary are publicly owned airports that receive scheduled passenger service and have more than 10,000 passenger boardings (enplanements) each year. Each primary airport is sub-classified by the FAA as one of the following four "hub" types:
      • L: Large Hub that accounts for at least 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
      • M: Medium Hub that accounts for between 0.25% and 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
      • S: Small Hub that accounts for between 0.05% and 0.25% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
      • N: Non-Hub that accounts for less than 0.05% of total U.S. passenger enplanements, but more than 10,000 annual enplanements.
    • CS: Commercial Service - Non-Primary are publicly owned airports that receive scheduled passenger service and have at least 2,500 passenger boardings each year.
    • R: Reliever airports are designated by the FAA to relieve congestion at a large commercial service airport and to provide more general aviation access to the overall community.
    • GA: General Aviation
      General aviation
      General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...

      airports are the largest single group of airports in the U.S. airport system.

  • Enpl. - The number of enplanements (commercial passenger boardings) that occurred at the airport in calendar year
    Calendar year
    Generally speaking, a calendar year begins on the New Year's Day of the given calendar system and ends on the day before the following New Year's Day. By convention, a calendar year consists of a natural number of days. To reconcile the calendar year with an astronomical cycle , certain years...

     2008, as per FAA records.

Location FAA IATA ICAO Airport name Role Enpl.
Commercial Service - Primary Airports
Pago Pago
Pago Pago, American Samoa
Pago Pago , also spelled ', is the capital of American Samoa. In 2000, its population was 11,500. The city is served by Pago Pago International Airport. Tourism, entertainment, food, and tuna canning are the primary industries here. From 1878 to 1951, this was a coaling and repair station for the...

, Tutuila
Tutuila
Tutuila is the largest and the main island of American Samoa in the archipelago of Samoan Islands. It is the third largest island in the Samoan Islands chain of the Central Pacific located roughly northeast of Brisbane, Australia and over northeast of Fiji. It contains a large, natural harbor,...

PPG PPG NSTU Pago Pago International Airport
Pago Pago International Airport
Pago Pago International Airport , also referred to as Tafuna Airport , Tafuna Airfield, Tafuna Airbase or Pago Pago International with airport designation PPG is a public airport located seven miles southwest of the central business district of Pago Pago, in the village and plains of Tafuna on...

P-N 45,206
General Aviation Airports
Fitiuta
Fitiuta, American Samoa
Fitiuta, also known as Fiti‘uta, is a town on the northeast coast of Ta‘ū island, one of the Manu‘a Islands in American Samoa. According to the US Census of 2000, Fitiuta had a population of 358, down from 454 in 1990. The town has two shops, a hotel and a church, which was recently built...

, Ta‘u
Tau, American Samoa
Ta‘ū is the largest island in the Manu‘a Group and the easternmost volcanic island of the Samoan Islands. Ta‘ū is part of American Samoa. In the early 19th century, the island was sometimes called Opoun....

FAQ FTI NSFQ Fitiuta Airport
Fitiuta Airport
Fitiuta Airport is a public airport located in Fiti‘uta, a village on the island of Ta‘ū in American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States. The airport is owned by Government of American Samoa.Although most U.S...

GA
Ofu
Ofu-Olosega
Ofu and Olosega are parts of a volcanic doublet in the Manu‘a Group of the Samoan Islands—part of American Samoa. The twin islands, formed from shield volcanoes, have a combined length of 6km. They are geographic volcanic remnants separated by the narrow 137m wide Asaga strait, a natural...

Z08 OFU Ofu Airport
Ofu Airport
Ofu Airport is a public airport located one mile southeast of the village of Ofu on the island of Ofu in American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States...

GA
Notable Private-Use Airports
Ta‘u
Tau, American Samoa
Ta‘ū is the largest island in the Manu‘a Group and the easternmost volcanic island of the Samoan Islands. Ta‘ū is part of American Samoa. In the early 19th century, the island was sometimes called Opoun....

HI36 TAV Tau Airport
Tau Airport
Tau Airport is a privately-owned, private-use airport located one mile southeast of the village of Ta‘ū on the island of Ta‘ū in American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States....


See also

  • Transport in American Samoa
    Transport in American Samoa
    American Samoa has a total of 241 km of highways . Ports and harbors include Aunu‘u, Auasi, Faleāsao, Ofu and Pago Pago. American Samoa has no railways. The country has three airports, all of which have paved runways. The main airport is Pago Pago International Airport...

  • List of airports by ICAO code: N#NS - Samoa, American Samoa
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Oceania#American Samoa (United States)
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