Pago Pago International
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Pago Pago International is a public-use airport, 3 miles southwest of Pago Pago, American Samoa, 31 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 10,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100 octane avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now NSTU · observed 9:50 am SST (20:50 UTC), 32 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-southeast (110°) at 17 knots, gusting to 21
- Visibility 12 miles
- Sky: scattered clouds at 2,100 feet, scattered clouds at 10,000 feet
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 74°F (23°C)
- Altimeter 29.99 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 6:20 am SST (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 7:00 am SST (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 7:00 am SST (18:00 UTC): wind from the east-southeast at 13 knots, gusting to 20, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 2,500 feet, a broken layer at 4,000 feet and more above VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR NSTU 062050Z 11017G21KT 12SM SCT021 SCT100 29/23 A2999 RMK SLP157 8/170 T02870234 52012
TAF NSTU 061720Z 0618/0718 12013G20KT P6SM SCT025 BKN040 BKN100
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PPG · ICAO NSTU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 31 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Gnc 20 sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1956
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 10,001 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 3,801 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 1,002 ft, 8,200 ft available for landing, hill 446 ft high 12,200 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 790 ft, 9,200 ft available for landing, fence 8 ft high 300 ft from the end
- Runway 08: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Pago Pago from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Pago Pago, American Samoa: 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in American Samoa.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Dusk to dawn. Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 05; PAPI runways 05 and 23; high-intensity runway lights runways 05/23 and 08/26; taxiway lights frequency - 118.3.
- Lighted wind cone 800' from threshold and 240' southeast runway 05 centerline.
- Approach ratio for olotele mtn 11:1.
- Runway 23 50:1 to displaced thld.
- <all flights (except schedule) prior pmsn from amgr with 24 hours prior notice.
- Sea spray from surf and blow holes may drift air carriers runway 05/23 under rough sea conditions.
- Olotele MT 1617 feet above sea level 3.5 miles west of thld runway 08.
- Permanently lighted and marked 226' tower atop MT alava 4.3SM nne airport.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.