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{{Short description|Airport in American Samoa}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Tau Airport
| image = 
| IATA = TAV
| ICAO = ''none''
| FAA = HI36
| type = Private
| owner = Private Individuals
| operator = 
| city-served = 
| location = [[Tau, American Samoa]], [[United States]]
| coordinates = {{coord|14|13|45|S|169|30|40|W|type:airport_region:US-AS|display=inline,title}}
| elevation-f = 185
| elevation-m = 56
| website = 
| r1-number = 18/36
| r1-length-f = 2,170
| r1-length-m = 661
| r1-surface = Coral
| metric-rwy = yes
| metric-elev = yes
| stat-year = 1989
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data = 4,380
| pushpin_map = American Samoa <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map -->
| pushpin_label = TAV
| pushpin_map_caption = 
| pushpin_mapsize = 
| timezone = 
| utc = 
| footnotes = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref name=FAA>{{FAA-airport|ID=HI36|use=PR|own=PR|site=51535.01*A}}, retrieved 2007-03-15</ref>
}}

'''Tau Airport''' {{Airport codes|TAV||HI36}} was a privately owned, private-use [[airport]] located {{convert|1.6|km|sp=us}} southeast of the village of Ta‘ū on the island of [[Tau, American Samoa|Ta‘ū]] in [[American Samoa]], an [[unincorporated territory]] of the [[United States]].<ref name=FAA /> The airport was located in the northwest corner of Ta‘ū island. Tau Airport was deactivated in 1990, and was replaced by [[Fitiuta Airport]], located on the northeast side of the island. Satellite imagery from 2015 does not appear to show any remnants of the airport.

== Facilities and aircraft ==
Tau Airport previously covered an area of {{convert|4|acre|ha|lk=on|order=flip}} and had one [[runway]] (18/36) measuring {{cvt|2170|x|100|ft|order=flip}}. The runway surface was compacted coral in the center {{convert|50|ft|m|order=flip|sp=us}}, with the rest of runway composed of dirt and grass.<ref name=FAA />

According to the last issued FAA data, for 12-month period ending March 8, 1989, the airport had 4,380 aircraft operations, an average of 12 per day: 67% [[general aviation]] and 33% [[air taxi]].<ref name=FAA />

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040717052918/http://www.nps.gov/npsa/pdf/manua.pdf National Park Service map of the Manu‘a Islands] showing location of Ta‘ū village on the island of Ta‘ū.
* Resources for this airport:
** {{AirNav|HI36}}
** {{ASN|TAV}}
{{American Samoa}}


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[[Category:Defunct airports in the United States]]
[[Category:Airports in American Samoa]]


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