Kuini Lavenia Airport guide

Kuini Lavenia Airport serves Niuatoputapu island, Tonga. It sits at Hihifo, the largest village in the western part of the island, which had a population of 719 at the 2021 census. Wikipedia also lists the airport as Niuatoputapu Airport or Mata'aho Airport, and ch-aviation lists it as Niuatoputapu Kuini Lavenia. The IATA code is NTT and the ICAO code is NFTP.

The airfield has one unsealed coral runway about 1,219 m (4,000 ft) long, at 9 m above sea level. Lulutai Airlines flies the route to Nuku'alofa. Real Tonga served the route until it ceased operating in 2020.

Facilities are minimal. A small cinder block building acts as both terminal and airport office, and fuel is stored in drums beside it. Taxis connect the airport with the rest of the island. The island has three villages, Hihifo, Vaipoa and Falehau, and Falehau fronts the island's only harbour on the northwest coast. A magnitude 8 earthquake in the Samoa Islands region on 29 September 2009 caused a tsunami that inundated much of the island, and Hihifo, Vaipoa and Falehau were all damaged.