Ofu Airport guide

Ofu Airport sits on the south coast of Ofu island in the Manu'a group of American Samoa, about 2 km southeast of Ofu village. It is a small public airstrip of roughly 18 acres, on land leased from local families, and it is the air link for Ofu and the neighbouring island of Olosega, which is joined to Ofu by a short bridge.

The single concrete runway measures 610 metres by 18 metres, with medium-intensity edge lights. There is no control tower. The airport is attended only when scheduled flights are due, and pilots coordinate with Pago Pago. The runway was moved to its present site in 1986.

Service is by small aircraft from Pago Pago International Airport on Tutuila, operated by Samoa Airways. Flights are infrequent and have been suspended while the runway was closed for upgrade work, so travellers confirm schedules with the airline before booking. Traffic is light: the FAA recorded 1,944 aircraft operations in the 12 months to December 2004, about five a day, all air taxi.