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Rarotonga International Airport (RAR)

Avarua, Cook Islands · ICAO NCRG · IATA RAR

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Rarotonga International Airport (NCRG)0826
Map: OpenStreetMap contributors, captured 21 Oct 2026. North is up and the drawing is simplified. Each runway is labelled at its ends.
Location
Avarua, Cook Islands
ICAO code
NCRG
IATA code
RAR
Elevation
19 ft
Longest runway
7,638 ft (08/26)
Runways
1
Size class
Large
Position
-21.2027, -159.8060

About NCRG

Rarotonga International Airport (RAR) is a large airport in Avarua, Cook Islands, with the ICAO code NCRG. It has one runway, 08/26, 7,638 ft long and 150 ft wide, with a hard surface. The OpenStreetMap layout shows 2 gates, 2 taxiway segments, 1 aprons and 1 terminal outlines. In the route snapshot of 14 Oct 2026, 4 airlines have 66 routes through NCRG. Its most frequent links are Auckland (AKL), Aitutaki (AIT) and Sydney (SYD).

Runways

Runways, longest first
RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceLights
08 / 267,638 ft150 ftHardLit

Runway idents and sizes from OurAirports. The runway headings in the source do not always match the idents, so only the idents are shown.

Scheduled routes

Published route data from the snapshot of 14 Oct 2026. These are standing schedules, not live flights, and they can be out of date. Counts are routes in that snapshot.

Airlines flying here

  • Air New Zealand ANZ55 routes
  • Jetstar JST9 routes
  • Hawaiian HAL1 route
  • Virgin Australia VOZ1 route

Connected airports

Nearby airports with maps

The closest airports that have a map and a page here.

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Sources: airport and runway data from OurAirports (public domain). Map data from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Routes from Virtual Radar Server standing data (CC0), snapshot of 14 Oct 2026.