Mataveri International Airport (IATA airport code: IPC) located on Easter Island, is one of the world's most remote airports, served only by the Chilean carrier LAN Airlines (formerly LanChile). The airport is the main point of entry for over thousands of tourists who come to Easter Island to see its amazing archaeogical sites. The airport contains a restaurant/bar, several souvenir shops, as well as a baggage claim area where most of the island's hotels and guesthouses have kiosks. An IATA airport code, known by the IATA as an IATA location identifier or, simply, a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... Location of Easter Island. ... LAN Airlines NYSE: LFL (formerly LanChile) is an airline based in Santiago, Chile. ...

The airport has a single runway whose 2903 m (9524 ft) length are sufficient to accommodate a space shuttle in an emergency landing. A runway is a strip of land on an airport, on which aircraft can take off and land. ... The metre (Commonwealth English) or meter (American English) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a metre. ... The Space Shuttle Columbia seconds after engine ignition, 1981 (NASA). ... Aircraft sometimes have to resort to emergency landings when any critical problem is discovered. ...

The airport also has a transit lounge for those passengers who are continuing on to or from Papeete, Tahiti, which is also serviced by LAN Airlines. Papeete Waterfront Papeete is the capital of French Polynesia, and is located on the island of Tahiti, which is part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. ... Tahiti is the largest island in French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean, at 17°40′S 149°30′W. The island had a population of 169,674 inhabitants at the 2002 census. ...

Airlines

• LAN Airlines (Papeete, Santiago)

LAN Airlines NYSE: LFL (formerly LanChile) is an airline based in Santiago, Chile. ...

External links

• Entry at World Airport Codes