🇼🇸 Asau Airport

Asau Airport (IATA: AAU, ICAO: NSAU) is a small domestic airfield located in the village of Asau, at the northwest end of Savai'i in Samoa,. It primarily services chartered flights and private aircraft, with no scheduled commercial service.

• Runway Information: The airport has one rigid and roughly surfaced runway (designated 8/26), approximately 639 meters long, without runway lights or a watch tower,,. Only Twin Otter and Britten-Norman Islander planes can land and take off due to the runway and tarmac limitations,.
• Facilities: The airport has a small tarmac that can fit two Twin Otter planes and a small shed that serves as the airport terminal,.
• Historical Significance: The original airport was built in 1969, destroyed by Cyclone Ofa in 1990, and rebuilt in 1999. It was severely damaged by a cyclone in 2003, leading to its closure in 2006. After being closed for six years, the airport reopened in April 2021 with a rebuilt terminal and a new paved runway,.

*Sources researched: en.wikipedia.org, avia.wikisort.org, airportmap.de, metar-taf.com, minimumconnectiontime.com*