Reao Airport — Reao, French Polynesia

Reao Airport is a small airstrip serving Reao, a remote atoll in the Tuamotu archipelago of French Polynesia. REA exists mainly to connect this sparsely populated coral atoll to Tahiti and other islands via small turboprop aircraft operated by regional carriers such as Air Tahiti. There is no scheduled jet service; flights are infrequent and scaled to the needs of the small local population, which relies on air transport for supplies, medical evacuation, and travel since sea transport across the vast Pacific distances is slow. The airstrip is a basic single-runway facility without a large terminal, typical of the many atoll airports scattered throughout the Tuamotus that keep isolated communities linked to the outside world.