Tinian International Airport West Tinian Airport |
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U.S. Marines unload a Boeing 747-400 carrying gear and equipment for Exercise Forage Fury 2012, November 28, 2012
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Commonwealth Ports Authority | ||||||||||
Location | Tinian | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 271 ft / 83 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 14°59′57″N 145°37′10″E / 14.99917°N 145.61944°E | ||||||||||
Website | cpa.gov.mp/tinapt.asp | ||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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Aircraft operations | 17,829 |
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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.
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. Tinian International Airport is the hub of Star Marianas Air.
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).
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.