Fitiuta Airport guide

Fitiuta Airport sits on the northeast coast of Ta'u island in the Manu'a group of American Samoa. It is a 34-acre public airport on land leased from 30 local families, and it serves the island's three villages. The airport opened in October 1990 and replaced the earlier Tau Airport near Ta'u village.

The single concrete runway, 12/30, measures 975 metres by 23 metres. It has edge lights, precision approach path indicators at both ends and runway end identifier lights, so it can be used at night. There is no control tower. Pilots call Pago Pago International Airport to coordinate landings, and the airport is attended from 5 am to 5 pm. A landing fee applies.

Service is by small aircraft from Pago Pago on Tutuila, operated by Samoa Airways. Scheduled flights are the main way to reach Ta'u quickly, as the alternative is the inter-island boat. Traffic is light: the FAA recorded 1,130 aircraft operations in the 12 months to May 2015, about three a day, all air taxi.