Tau Airport

Tau Airport
IATA: TAV – ICAO: none – FAA LID: HI36
Summary
Airport type	Private
Owner	Private Individuals
Location	Tau, American Samoa
Elevation AMSL	185 ft / 56 m
Coordinates
Map
TAV
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 18/36 2,170 661 Coral
Statistics (1989)
Aircraft operations 4,380
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Tau Airport (IATA: TAV, FAA LID: HI36) was a privately owned, private-use airport located one mile (2 km) southeast of the village of Ta‘ū on the island of Ta‘ū in American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States. The airport was located in the northwest corner of Ta‘ū island. Tau Airport is no longer active or in use since the development of Fitiuta Airport, located northeast of Tau Island. See Fitiuta Airport located in the village of Fiti‘uta on the northeast portion of the island for all private and commercial flights in and out of Tau Island.

As of 2015 there do not appear to be any remnants of the airport shown on satellite imagery.

Facilities and aircraft

Tau Airport previously covered an area of 4 acres (1.6 ha) and had one runway (18/36) measuring 2,170 x 100 ft (661 x 30 m). The runway surface was compacted coral in the center 50 feet (15 m), with the rest of runway composed of dirt and grass.

According to the last issued FAA data, for 12-month period ending March 8, 1989, the airport had 4,380 aircraft operations, an average of 12 per day: 67% general aviation and 33% air taxi.

External links

• National Park Service map of the Manu‘a Islands showing location of Ta‘ū village on the island of Ta‘ū.
• Resources for this airport:
  • Airport information for HI36 at AirNav
  • Accident history for TAV at Aviation Safety Network