Faleolo International Airport guide

Faleolo International Airport is Samoa's main international gateway. It sits on the northern coast of Upolu, about 40 km west of Apia, in the A'ana district.

The single asphalt runway, 08/26, measures 3,000 m by 45 m. US Navy Seabees completed the airfield in July 1942, and the civilian strip was upgraded in 1957, 1972, 1984-1985 and 2000. A terminal expansion, begun with a groundbreaking in 2015, raised the main building from about 5,500 square metres to nearly 12,000 and was designed for up to 600,000 passenger movements a year.

A separate regional terminal was officially opened in October 2024 at a cost of WS$25 million. It handles Pacific flights to American Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Tuvalu, Niue and the Cook Islands, plus domestic inter-island services. The apron was also enlarged for commercial and private aircraft, and the airport handled arrivals for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Samoa Airports Authority also runs the domestic airfields at Maota and Asau.