Bonriki International Airport

Bonriki International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
ServesTarawa, Kiribati
LocationBonriki, South Tarawa
Hub for
Elevation AMSL9 ft / 3 m
Coordinates01°22′54″N 173°08′49″E / 1.38167°N 173.14694°E / 1.38167; 173.14694
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TRW/NGTA is located in Kiribati
TRW/NGTA
TRW/NGTA
Location of airport in Bonriki, South Tarawa, Kiribati
TRW/NGTA is located in Oceania
TRW/NGTA
TRW/NGTA
TRW/NGTA (Oceania)
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,011 6,598 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Bonriki International Airport (IATA: TRW, ICAO: NGTA) is an international airport in Kiribati, serving as the main gateway to the country. It is located in its capital, South Tarawa, which is a group of islets in the atoll of Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands, precisely on Bonriki.

Fiji's national carrier, Fiji Airways connects Kiribati with Nadi, which is Fiji Airways' hub and Fiji's main international gateway. Nauru Airlines flies to Nauru International Airport, continuing to Honiara, the capital of Solomon Islands.

The airport is the hub of the only two Kiribati airlines, flag carrier Air Kiribati and the 2009-established Coral Sun Airways, with both airlines mainly flying domestic routes within the Gilbert Islands. Air Kiribati and Coral Sun Airways both serve all 16 other airports in the Gilbert Islands, but not all these destinations are flown directly from Tarawa.

  1. ^ Airport information for NGTA[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ^ Airport information for TRW at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).