Niuatoputapu Airport (Niuatoputapu Airport)
Niuatoputapu Airport, also known as Mata'aho Airport, is an airport in Niuatoputapu, Tonga. The airfield is an unsealed coral strip.
Damage to the airport from the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami caused it to be temporarily closed following the disaster. After clearing the mud and debris of the runway, the rest of the country was finally equipped to provide aid to empower the Niuatoputapu residents and facilitated the rehabilitation of the community.
A small cinder block building acts as terminal and airport office. Fuel drums are located next to the terminal.
Connections to other parts of the island are made by taxi.
The airport was serviced by Real Tonga, but in 2020 the airline ceased operations, leaving the country without a domestic air service.
Damage to the airport from the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami caused it to be temporarily closed following the disaster. After clearing the mud and debris of the runway, the rest of the country was finally equipped to provide aid to empower the Niuatoputapu residents and facilitated the rehabilitation of the community.
A small cinder block building acts as terminal and airport office. Fuel drums are located next to the terminal.
Connections to other parts of the island are made by taxi.
The airport was serviced by Real Tonga, but in 2020 the airline ceased operations, leaving the country without a domestic air service.
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First inhabited roughly 2,500 years ago by the Lapita civilization, Tonga's Polynesian settlers gradually evolved a distinct and strong ethnic identity, language, and culture as the Tongan people. They were quick to establish a powerful footing across the South Pacific, and this period of Tongan expansionism and colonization is known as the Tuʻi Tonga Empire. From the rule of the first Tongan king, ʻAhoʻeitu, Tonga grew into a regional power. It was a thalassocracy that conquered and controlled unprecedented swathes of the Pacific, from parts of the Solomon Islands and the whole of New Caledonia and Fiji in the west to Samoa and Niue and even as far as parts of modern-day French Polynesia in the east. Tuʻi Tonga became renowned for its economic, ethnic, and cultural influence over the Pacific, which remained strong even after the Samoan revolution of the 13th century and Europeans' discovery of the islands in 1616.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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TOP | Tongan paʻanga | T$ | 2 |
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EN | English language |
TO | Tongan language |