Bonriki International Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Government | ||||||||||
| Serves | Tarawa, Kiribati | ||||||||||
| Location | Bonriki, South Tarawa | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 9 ft / 3 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 01°22′54″N 173°08′49″E / 1.38167°N 173.14694°ECoordinates: 01°22′54″N 173°08′49″E / 1.38167°N 173.14694°E | ||||||||||
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Bonriki International Airport (IATA: TRW, ICAO: NGTA) is an international airport in Kiribati, serving as the main gateway to the country. It is located in its capital, South Tarawa, which a group of islets in the atoll of Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands.
Fiji's national carrier, Fiji Airways, and Kiribati's state-owned airline, Air Kiribati, both connect Kiribati with Nadi, which is Fiji Airways's hub and Fiji's main international gateway. Nauru Airlines provided a service to Nauru International Airport, via Honiara, the capital of Solomon Islands, and further to Brisbane, Australia. This service was suspended from July 2008 to November 2009.
The airport is the hub of the only two Kiribati airlines, flag carrier Air Kiribati and the 2009-established Coral Sun Airways, with both airlines mainly flying domestic routes within the Gilbert Islands. Air Kiribati and Coral Sun Airways both serve all 16 other airports in the Gilbert Islands, but not all these destinations are flown directly from Tarawa. Coral Sun Airways is considering buying another, larger aircraft, capable of flying to the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands, which are, as of 2010, served by neither domestic nor international scheduled flights.
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