Manihiki Island Airport is a public airport on the atoll of
Manihiki
250px, Map of Manihiki Atoll
Manihiki is an atoll in the northern group of the Cook Islands known informally as the "Island of Pearls". It is located in the Northern Cook Island chain, approximately north of the capital island of Rarotonga, ma ...
in the
Cook Islands
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. The airport was built in the early 1980s, but not used for commercial flights until 1991.
Originally it had no terminal, with passengers checking in under the overhang of a nearby house and waiting in the open or in the shade of nearby trees.
In 2018 construction began on a purpose-built terminal.
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Airlines and destinations
Passenger
References
Airports in the Cook Islands
Manihiki
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