Bora Bora Airport

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The Aéroport de Bora Bora ( IATA: BOB, ICAO: NTTB ), also known under the name of Motu Mute Airport, is the airport of the island of Bora Bora in French Polynesia.

Location

The airport is located, for Polynesia not unusual on an otherwise uninhabited, tiny coral island ( motu ) in the north of the atoll Bora Bora. The start and runway starts and ends right on the water.

The airfield has a modern but small terminal building in the customary style. It is located on the beach of the lagoon and is connected to a jetty where the line boat to Vaitape, the main town of the island invests. Passengers of Air Tahiti are brought by boat in about a fifteen minute drive to Vaitape. Luxury hotels bring its guests with own boats and bring them directly to the hotel. The journey there, depending on the location of the hotel, take up to three hours.

History

During World War II Bora Bora was a supply base of the United States in the South Pacific after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The U.S. military built a tank farm, a seaplane base, and a dirt runway at the Motu Mute in the north of the island. After the withdrawal of the military in 1946 the site was temporarily interrupted. In 1958 the runway was paved and opened for civilian air traffic.

Airlines and destinations

The airport is served by Air Tahiti and Air Moorea, a sister company of Air Tahiti, with small aircraft. International scheduled air transport does not take place, travelers must change to Tahiti.

National targets are: Tahiti, Raiatea, Moorea, Huahine and Maupiti.