Hao Airport
Encyclopedia
Hao Airport is an airport on Hao Island
in French Polynesia
. The airport is 8 km from the village of Otepa.
Hao airport has been selected as an emergency landing site for the NASA
Space Shuttle
.
Hao (French Polynesia)
Hao, or Haorangi, is a large coral atoll in the central part of the Tuamotu Archipelago. Because of its shape, French explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville named it Harp Island....
in French Polynesia
French Polynesia
French Polynesia is an overseas country of the French Republic . It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti in the Society Islands group, which is also the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the territory...
. The airport is 8 km from the village of Otepa.
Hao airport has been selected as an emergency landing site for the NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
Space Shuttle
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle was a manned orbital rocket and spacecraft system operated by NASA on 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. The system combined rocket launch, orbital spacecraft, and re-entry spaceplane with modular add-ons...
.
Airlines and destinations
- Air TahitiAir TahitiSociété Air Tahiti Société Anonyme is a regional airline with its head office on the property of Faa'a International Airport, in Faaa, Tahiti, French Polynesia, near Papeete. Air Tahiti's network covers 46 islands within French Polynesia, plus the island of Rarotonga...
(Tahiti, Anaa, Makemo, Mangareva, Nukutavake, Vahithai, Reao, Fangatau).