The airport is located on the northwestern edge of the atoll, 5.5 km southeast of Avatoru.

[1] Air Tahiti has regular daily flights connecting Rangiroa to other islands of French Polynesia.

[3] On February 19, 1985, a UTA DC-10 operating from Los Angeles to Auckland via Tahiti made an emergency landing at Rangiroa following a telephoned bomb threat.

Passengers and luggage were removed and flown to Tahiti onboard French military aircraft.

You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This French Polynesia-related geography article is a stub.