Fitiuta Airport

Fitiuta Airport
IATA: FTI – ICAO: NSFQ – FAA LID: FAQ
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Government of American Samoa
Location		Fitiuta, American Samoa
Elevation AMSL		110 ft / 34 m
Coordinates		14°12′58″S 169°25′25″W / 14.21611°S 169.42361°W / -14.21611; -169.42361Coordinates: 14°12′58″S 169°25′25″W / 14.21611°S 169.42361°W / -14.21611; -169.42361
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
12/30	3,200	975	Concrete
Statistics (2002)
Aircraft operations			2,832
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Fitiuta Airport (IATA: FTI, ICAO: NSFQ, FAA LID: FAQ) 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.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Fitiuta Airport is assigned FAQ by the FAA and FTI by the IATA (which assigned FAQ to Frieda River Airport in Papua New Guinea). The airport's ICAO identifier is NSFQ. ^{[2] [3]}

Facilities and aircraft

Fitiuta Airport has one paved runway designated 12/30 which measures 3,200 x 75 ft. (975 x 23 m). For 12-month period ending December 31, 2002, the airport had 2,832 aircraft operations, an average of 7 per day, 100% of which were air taxi flights.^[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Inter Island Airways	Apia, Pago Pago

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} FAA Airport Master Record for FAQ (Form 5010 PDF), retrieved 2007-03-15
2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: NSFQ - Fitiuta, American Samoa
3. ^ Aviation Safety Network: FAQ - Frieda River, Papua New Guinea

External links

• National Park Service map of the Manu‘a Islands showing location of Fiti‘uta village and airport on the island of Ta‘ū.
• Resources for this airport:
  • Airport information for FAQ at AirNav
  • Airport information for NSFQ at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
  • Airport Information and Live Flight Tracker for NSFQ at FlightAware
  • Accident history for FTI at Aviation Safety Network