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Faa'a International airport in Papeete (French Polynesia)
Faa'a International airport is located near Papeete, with Faa'a at 0mi↑, Faaa at 1mi↑, Sainte Amélie at 3mi↑, Papeete at 3mi↑, Pirae at 6mi↑, Punaauia at 6mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in French Polynesia and Southernmost airports in French Polynesia
→ See also airports in French Polynesia
aerial view of Faa'a International airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : NTAA
- IATA code : PPT
- Local code : -
Elevation : 2 m = 7ft
→ See also Highest airports in French Polynesia and Lowest airports in French Polynesia
Runways
- runway 04/22 : 3463m = 11362ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in French Polynesia
Coming to Faa'a International airport
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
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Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By plane :
- Faa'a International airport at 0mi : book on air_france
- Moorea airport at 11mi : book on Trip.com
- Tetiaroa airport at 37mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Faa'a International airport NTAA PPT
METAR for Faa'a International airport NTAA PPT
NTAA 161530Z AUTO 10005KT CAVOK 25/23 Q1010 TEMPO 33015G25KT 1000 +TSRA SCT010 SCT015CB
Decoded METAR for Faa'a International airport NTAA PPT
METAR issued by NTAA on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 15:30 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 11 hours and 48 minutes ago.
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 25°C = 77°F, dew point is 23°C = 73°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 89 %.
QNH is 1010hPa = 29.83inHg
Wind 9km/h = 5kt, direction is 100°.
Sky clear.
Temporarily 33015G25KT 1000 heavy thunderstorm rain scattered clouds at 010 scattered clouds at 015 presence of cumulonimbus
Caution : Aviation weather reports the presence of cumulonimbus (CB) clouds, which are known to be dangerous for aircraft because they are associated with winds that can be violent and that change speed and direction very quickly, horizontally and vertically (updrafts and downdrafts). They are also associated with thunderstorms, rain showers and hail that can be violent. It is therefore recommended to avoid them as much as possible.TAF for Faa'a International airport NTAA PPT
NTAA 161100Z 1612/1718 01010KT 9999 FEW025 BKN250 PROB40 TEMPO 1612/1706 33015G25KT 3000 SHRA FEW010 FEW015CB PROB30 TEMPO 1612/1718 1000 +TSRA SCT010 SCT015CB
Decoded TAF for Faa'a International airport NTAA PPT
TAF issued by NTAA on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 11:00 UTC, issued 16 hours and 18 minutes. weather forecast for 30 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Tuesday, December 16, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Wednesday, December 17, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
1612/1718 01010KT 9999 FEW025 BKN250
wind 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 10°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
few clouds at 2500ft = 760m broken at 25000ft = 7620m
probability of 40% to have temporarily from Tuesday, December 16, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Wednesday, December 17, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
PROB40 TEMPO 1612/1706 33015G25KT 3000 SHRA FEW010 FEW015CB
wind 15kt = 28km/h with gusts at 25kt = 46km/h, direction is 330°
Visibility is 3km = 2mi.
shower rain
few clouds at 1000ft = 300m few clouds at 1500ft = 460m
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Tuesday, December 16, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Wednesday, December 17, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 1612/1718 1000 +TSRA SCT010 SCT015CB
Visibility is 1km = 1mi.
heavy thunderstorm rain
scattered clouds at 1000ft = 300m scattered clouds at 1500ft = 460m
NOTAM for Faa'a International airport
Around Faa'a International airport in Papeete (French Polynesia)
near
- Hotels in Faa'a
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 6210mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 6288mi↑
- TianAn Rega Hotel (Beijing) at 7196mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 9764mi↑
- Paris at 9765mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 9766mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 9803mi↑
- Hôtel de Tourny (Bordeaux) at 9839mi↑
- Bordeaux at 9839mi↑
- Hôtel Cardinal (Bordeaux) at 9839mi↑
- Cité du Vin (Bordeaux) at 9839mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 9841mi↑
- for Faa'a International airport at 0mi↑
- for Moorea airport at 11mi↑
- for Tetiaroa airport at 37mi↑
nearest airports to Faa'a International airport in Papeete (French Polynesia)
- Moorea airport (NTTM MOZ ) at 11mi↑NOTAM
- Tetiaroa airport (NTTE TTI ) at 37mi↑NOTAM
- Huahine-Fare airport (NTTH HUH ) at 111mi↑NOTAM
- Raiatea airport (NTTR RFP ) at 135mi↑NOTAM
- Bora Bora airport (NTTB BOB ) at 161mi↑NOTAM
- Tupai airport (NTTU TPX ) at 173mi↑NOTAM
- Maupiti airport (NTTP MAU ) at 191mi↑NOTAM
- Tikehau airport (NTGC TIH ) at 191mi↑NOTAM
- Mataiva airport (NTGV MVT ) at 195mi↑NOTAM
- Rangiroa airport (NTTG RGI ) at 221mi↑NOTAM
- Kaukura airport (NTGK KKR ) at 223mi↑NOTAM
- Naiu airport (NTKN NIU ) at 236mi↑NOTAM
- Apataki airport (NTGD APK ) at 252mi↑NOTAM
- Arutua airport (NTGU AXR ) at 254mi↑NOTAM
- Anaa airport (NTGA AAA ) at 270mi↑NOTAM
- Fakarava airport (NTGF FAV ) at 281mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in French Polynesia
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap
