Chuuk International Airport

Chuuk International Airport
The airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Government
Operator Civil Government
Location Weno
Elevation AMSL 11 ft / 3 m
Coordinates 07°27′43″N 151°50′35″E / 7.46194°N 151.84306°E / 7.46194; 151.84306
Map
TKK
Location of airport in Federated States of Micronesia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
04/22 6,006 1,831 Asphalt

Chuuk International Airport (IATA: TKK, ICAO: PTKK) is an airport located on Weno (formerly Moen), the main island of the State of Chuuk (formerly Truk) in the Federated States of Micronesia.

Airlines and destinations

Like many islands within the region, commercial air service is rather limited.

For many years the only service was the three-times-weekly Island Hopper flight between Guam and Honolulu operated by United Airlines, (formerly Continental Micronesia), plus another weekly flight between Guam and Pohnpei. In June 2015, Nauru Airlines resumed a once-weekly service.

AirlinesDestinations
Air Niugini Pohnpei, Port Moresby[1], Tokyo-Narita[2]
Caroline Islands Air Charter: Fais, Houk, Onoun, Pohnpei, Ta, Ulithi, Woleai, Yap
Nauru Airlines Majuro, Nauru, Pohnpei, Tarawa[3]
United AirlinesGuam, Honolulu, Kosrae, Kwajalein, Majuro, Pohnpei

Incidents and accidents

  • 28 September 2018 - Air Niugini Flight 73, a Boeing 737-800, landed short of the runway and came to rest in a lagoon. 1 passenger died [4] and was recovered later by divers. The remaining 35 passengers and 11 crew escaping serious injury.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Air Niugini plans Micronesia service from Dec 2016". routesonline. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  2. ↑ (PDF) https://www.naa.jp/en/20180530-AirNiugini_en.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "Nauru Airlines Expands Micronesia Island Hopper Service to Chuuk from late-Nov 2015 :: Routesonline". Airlineroute.net. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
  4. ↑ https://postcourier.com.pg/indonesian-mans-body-recovered-plane/
  5. ↑ "Air Niugini Says All on Board Rescued After 737 Lands in Chuuk Lagoon". 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  6. ↑ Hradecky, Simon. "Accident: Niugini B738 at Chuuk on Sep 28th 2018, touched down in sea short of runway". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 28 September 2018.


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