Pohnpei International Airport PNI / PTPN
Kolonia · Micronesia · Pohnpei Port Authority (Pohnpei State government agency)
50kpax · 2024
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1 · 100LL
ICAO / IATAPTPN / PNI
OperatorPohnpei Port Authority (Pohnpei State government agency)
Coordinates6.9851°N, 158.2090°E
Elevation8 ft · 2 m
Time zonePONT (UTC+11, no DST)
Passengers / yr50,000 (2024)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 · 100LL
BondedNo
AIP referencePTPN -- FSM Division of Civil Aviation / US-format Chart Supplement Pacific (no ICAO AIP; FSM fields use FAA-style facility data)
Operating hoursNo control tower (uncontrolled field; CTAF 123.6, comms provided by Pohnpei Radio; advise Pohnpei Radio prior to final approach or departure). Published ops hours per FSM Division of Civil Aviation: Mon-Fri 1900-0400Z, Sat 1900-0200Z, Sun 0600-1300Z; security/ARFF staffed 24/7. PPR required, filed 48 hours in advance with the FSM Secretary of Transportation, Communications & Infrastructure, Division of Civil Aviation.
TerminalsSingle terminal building with separate arrivals and departures areas; a 2011-era expansion added a dedicated arrivals hall with customs, immigration and quarantine processing. No cargo/bonded storage inside the airport perimeter -- fuel and cargo warehousing are stored off-site.
Runways (1)
- 09/27 · 1,829 m / 6,001 ft · 46 m wide · Asphalt (grooved)
FSM's principal international gateway and capital-region airport (serves Kolonia and nearby Palikir, the FSM national capital). CORRECTED vs draft: longitude was 158.2098, the official FSM Division of Civil Aviation DMS fix (158-12-32.3567E) converts to 158.2090. Elevation corrected from 9ft/3m to 8ft/2.4m per the same official surveyed source (Wikipedia and OurAirports list roughly 10ft/3m instead; treating the government survey as authoritative given the disagreement). Runway length corrected from 6,600ft/2,012m to 6,001ft/1,829m: the official tci.gov.fm facility page states the current runway 09/27 as 6,001 x 150 ft / 1,829 x 46 m. The 6,600ft/2,012m figure appears in Wikipedia and traces to a circa-2010 Japan-funded extension PROJECT PROPOSAL (a planned +228m), not a confirmed as-built survey, so it was not carried forward here; the draft's further claim of a 4,000ft extension at RFP/design stage as of a November 2024 addendum could not be verified against any source checked and was dropped. Operator confirmed as Pohnpei Port Authority per the official site, but the draft's specific founding citation naming 'Pohnpei State Law No. 2L-224-91' (1991) could not be verified anywhere and was removed as unconfirmed -- flag for follow-up if that provenance is needed. Pax figure remains an unaudited roughly-2024 estimate (last commonly cited published figure was roughly 20,000/yr as of 2014); no better source found. No control tower and no ILS; CTAF 123.6 via Pohnpei Radio and the 48-hour PPR requirement (filed with the FSM Secretary of Transportation, Communications & Infrastructure) both confirmed verbatim against the official facility page.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available
United Airlines
Self-handled, United Airlines — United performs its own passenger/ramp ground handling and turnarounds for the daily Boeing 737-800 "Island Hopper" rotation (Guam–Chuuk–Pohnpei–Kosrae–Kwajalein–Majuro–Honolulu) at Pohnpei International Airport. The route and aircraft type are independently corroborated (Wikipedia: Pohnpei International Airport, PNI/PTPN, confirms United/Island Hopper 737-800 service); the original self-handling citation (Logistics Cluster Digital Logistics Capacity Assessment for Pohnpei) could not be re-fetched — the source page returned no retrievable content on direct fetch.
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Aircraft fuel
On request
FSM Petroleum Corporation (Vital Energy)
Into-plane and bulk fuel supplier for PNI, delivered by tanker truck. FSMPC was created under the FSM Petroleum Corporation Act of 2007 to acquire Mobil Oil Micronesia's (MOMI) FSM fuel assets and now operates as part of the Vital Energy/Vital Group — a real, well-documented entity consistent with known FSM fuel-sector history. The FSM Division of Civil Aviation's official PNI airport data lists fuel as "100, 100LL, JET-A1+", stored off-airport, available on request via the airport manager (Melson Darra, •••); some third-party directories still show the legacy "Mobil Micronesia" contact (•••) for this same fuel operation. Note: fsmpc.com did not resolve on direct fetch, so the listed phone/email could not be freshly re-verified against the company's own site.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Unconfirmed
Pohnpei Port Authority — Airport Division
Airport Division is reported (Logistics Cluster Digital Logistics Capacity Assessment for Pohnpei) to maintain ground-handling equipment, including ramp elevators, in a dedicated ground-handling shed adjacent to the terminal; not — the DLCA source page returned no retrievable content on direct fetch, and ppa.fm returned a certificate error.
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Cargo handling
Unconfirmed
CTSI Logistics FSM
Reported ground handling agent for Asia Pacific Airlines' (APA) twice-weekly regional freight and U.S. mail service at Pohnpei; also reported as a general freight forwarder/logistics agent based at the Pohnpei International Airport Complex, Nett, Pohnpei, with cargo facilities adjacent to the main terminal. APA's own cargo/mail service to Pohnpei is independently confirmed (Wikipedia: Asia Pacific Airlines serves PNI for USPS/cargo transport), but this specific company's identity as APA's PNI handling agent could not be — web search and fetch tools returned no retrievable results for "CTSI Logistics" against any primary source.
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Aviation security
Unconfirmed
Pohnpei Port Authority — Airport Division
Airport Division / Airport Police reportedly operate the terminal's x-ray screening area and passport control under the FSM National Civil Aviation Security Program; PPA is the designated airport operator responsible for aviation-security compliance at PNI, but the exact carrier-by-carrier screening assignment was not independently re-confirmed beyond the general NCASP framework. This session's fetch attempt against ppa.fm returned a certificate error, consistent with the source being unreachable rather than contradicting the claim.
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Passenger & crew transport
Unconfirmed
Budget Rent A Car (Pohnpei)
Reported car rental counter operating at the Pohnpei Airport terminal, providing crew and passenger ground transport; reported hours 08:00–17:00 daily. Budget Rent A Car is a real international franchise brand and a Pohnpei location is plausible, but this specific outlet, its phone number, and its hours could not be independently re-verified. · 08:00-17:00 daily
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Flight support
Not listed
Hotel & travel
Not listed
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