TIQ · Tinian Island, Northern Mariana Islands
Tinian International Airport.
--:--:-- · ChST (UTC+10:00) · 15.0005° N, 145.6190° E
Tinian International Airport
Airport in Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S.
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for TIQ
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 5434; ident PGWT; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
No official airport website accepted in this snapshot
The page does not fabricate an official source when the airport facts snapshot did not accept one.
Reference summary
Tinian International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
19 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot, manual airport facts override; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
TIQ / PGWT
OurAirports ident
PGWT
GPS / local code
PGWT / TNI
ISO region
MP-U-A
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
Not accepted
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q1137513
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 8:21 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--ChST · UTC+10:00
Time zone
ChST
Pacific/Saipan · UTC+10:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
28 km
Approximate distance to central Tinian Island.
Official source
Tinian International Airport
Wikipedia / reference summary
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Saipan
Languages
Carolinian, Chamorro
Currency
USD ($)
Country area
464 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
small CPA-managed passenger terminal
Runways
1 runway
Longest runway
8,600 ft / 2,621 m
Runway surface
PEM
Opened / operator
Commonwealth Ports Authority
Owner / entity
Q1137513
Hub airlines
Island airport with one long runway, CPA management, and CNMI inter-island planning context.
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
19 source-backed signals
Tinian International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for Tinian Island, Northern Mariana Islands. Tinian Island's built-up core sits roughly 28 km from the terminal area. Operations run on Pacific/Saipan (UTC+10:00, ChST). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Tinian International Airport (TIQ / PGWT) is at 15.0005° N, 145.6190° E, elevation 271 ft (83 m), serving Tinian Island, Northern Mariana Islands.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Tinian Island is in Northern Mariana Islands (capital Saipan); on Pacific/Saipan (ChST, UTC+10:00); working languages: Carolinian, Chamorro, English; currency: USD ($).
Distance from central Tinian Island: 28 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for TIQ.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Tinian International Airport (TIQ / PGWT)
Tinian International Airport · Airport in Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S.
Source identifiers
PGWT · PGWT · TNI · MP-U-A
No official host accepted · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Regional role cue
TIQ is the Tinian island airport in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands rather than a Saipan-scale gateway.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for TIQ; not treated as a live service guarantee.
Location cue
The airport serves Tinian and connects into the CNMI airport network managed by the Commonwealth Ports Authority.
Used to make the airport page location-specific beyond the code, coordinate, and timezone record.
Name or history cue
The official CPA airport page describes an 8,600-foot runway with a parallel taxiway and connecting taxiways at each runway end.
Retained because history, naming, or opening context helps distinguish this airport from same-shaped airport pages.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Saipan
saipan · 28 km from TIQ
Northern Mariana Islands · Pacific/Saipan · +0h · population 48,220 · city coordinates 15.2123, 145.7545
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. ROP PGRO
Rota International Airport · Rota Island
101 km from TIQ · Pacific/Guam · +0h · elevation 607 ft (185 m) · airport coordinates 14.1733, 145.2411
2. GUM PGUM
Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport · Hagåtña
190 km from TIQ · Pacific/Guam · +0h · elevation 298 ft (91 m) · airport coordinates 13.4850, 144.7973
3. DVO RPMD
Francisco Bangoy International Airport · Davao
2347 km from TIQ · Asia/Manila · -2h · elevation 96 ft (29 m) · airport coordinates 7.1255, 125.6460
Route-time reference set
1. TIQ-ROP
Rota Island · 101 km · 58m
Pacific/Guam · +0h from TIQ; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. TIQ-GUM
Hagåtña · 190 km · 1h 4m
Pacific/Guam · +0h from TIQ; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. TIQ-DVO
Davao · 2347 km · 3h 48m
Asia/Manila · -2h from TIQ; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
1 runway
Longest runway 8,600 ft / 2,621 m. 1 lighted runway in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
PEM
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for TIQ.
Runway identifiers
08/26
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. ROP PGRO
Rota International Airport · Rota Island · 101 km from TIQ
large airport · Pacific/Guam · northern-mariana-islands · 607 ft (185 m) · 14.1733, 145.2411
Accepted operational notes
Source note 1
Tinian International Airport should read as a CNMI island-airport page, not as a generic U.S. territorial airport.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for TIQ.
Source note 2
The Commonwealth Ports Authority runway note gives TIQ a strong official-source operational cue.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for TIQ.
Source note 3
The page should keep Saipan and Tinian airport context separate because their travel roles differ.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for TIQ.
Country and authority
TIQ sits in Northern Mariana Islands (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands), whose capital is Saipan. No specific civil-aviation authority label is attached in the current map, so this page avoids inventing one. Country context: Oceania, Micronesia.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: Carolinian, Chamorro, English. Currency context: USD ($). TIQ is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Reference description
Airport in Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S.. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Source-specific cues
Regional role cue: TIQ is the Tinian island airport in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands rather than a Saipan-scale gateway. Location cue: The airport serves Tinian and connects into the CNMI airport network managed by the Commonwealth Ports Authority. Name or history cue: The official CPA airport page describes an 8,600-foot runway with a parallel taxiway and connecting taxiways at each runway end.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q1137513 · Tinian International Airport. Administrative area: Tinian Municipality
Field and clock profile
Tinian International Airport is a low-elevation field at 271 ft (83 m), positioned at 15.0005° N, 145.6190° E in the Northern tropics. The runway snapshot lists 1 runway and a longest runway of 8,600 ft / 2,621 m. The airport clock uses Pacific/Saipan (ChST, UTC+10:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Saipan is the closest retained city-time anchor at 28 km. ROP Rota Island is the closest retained airport alternative at 101 km.
Country airport peers
TIQ is compared with ROP Rota Island at 101 km inside the retained Northern Mariana Islands airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
Route geometry
TIQ-ROP Rota Island: 101 km, about 58m, +0h. TIQ-GUM Hagåtña: 190 km, about 1h 4m, +0h. TIQ-DVO Davao: 2347 km, about 3h 48m, -2h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident PGWT backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. No official airport website passed the current airport-facts snapshot. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
small CPA-managed passenger terminal
Runway footprint
1 runway · longest 8,600 ft / 2,621 m
Runway identifiers
08/26
OurAirports classifies TIQ as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Tinian Island.
TIQ (PGWT) is a low-elevation field at 271 ft (83 m) in the tropics, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
TIQ also has a clear airline-network role: the source summary describes it as island airport with one long runway, cpa management, and cnmi inter-island planning context..
TIQ's runway record lists 1 runway, with the longest runway at 8,600 ft / 2,621 m and source surfaces recorded as PEM.
Commonwealth Ports Authority is the clearest operator or management signal we currently have on file for TIQ.
- Tinian International Airport should read as a CNMI island-airport page, not as a generic U.S. territorial airport.
- The Commonwealth Ports Authority runway note gives TIQ a strong official-source operational cue.
- The page should keep Saipan and Tinian airport context separate because their travel roles differ.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at Tinian International Airport, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for TIQ
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
TIQ uses Pacific/Saipan (ChST, UTC+10:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Tinian International Airport is about 28 km from central Tinian Island; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
ROP Rota Island is the closest retained alternate at 101 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
The accepted airport reference came from en.wikipedia.org; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place TIQ inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
TIQ ranks #2 in the curated Northern Mariana Islands airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 2 airports.
Same-zone airport cohort
TIQ has no other retained airport in the same IANA zone cohort, making Pacific/Saipan a more distinctive signal for this page.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
TIQ is 271 ft (83 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include BFS 268 ft (82 m) (3 ft delta) · RBA 276 ft (84 m) (5 ft delta) · MAO 264 ft (80 m) (7 ft delta) · ALB 285 ft (87 m) (14 ft delta) · MAN 257 ft (78 m) (14 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
TIQ's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are ROP 101 km +0h · GUM 190 km +0h · DVO 2347 km -2h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rota Island | ROP | 101 km | 58m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Hagåtña | GUM | 190 km | 1h 4m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Davao | DVO | 2347 km | 3h 48m | -2h | --:--:-- |
TIQ to ROP
Rota Island
Distance 101 km; estimated travel window 58m; destination zone Pacific/Guam is +0h from TIQ. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
TIQ to GUM
Hagåtña
Distance 190 km; estimated travel window 1h 4m; destination zone Pacific/Guam is +0h from TIQ. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
TIQ to DVO
Davao
Distance 2347 km; estimated travel window 3h 48m; destination zone Asia/Manila is -2h from TIQ. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
The airport sits in the normal outer-ring range for a major metro gateway, so rail, shuttle coach, and ride-hail all matter when you judge the fastest arrival.
Saipan is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Tinian International Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from TIQ, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Airlines and Network Role
Tinian International Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Rota Island (ROP), Hagåtña (GUM), Davao (DVO). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Island airport with one long runway, CPA management, and CNMI inter-island planning context..
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Terminal footprint: small CPA-managed passenger terminal.
- Runway footprint: 1 runway; longest runway 8,600 ft / 2,621 m; identifiers 08/26.
- Runway surfaces: PEM; 1 lighted runway in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: Commonwealth Ports Authority.
- Historical opening year: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Network role: Island airport with one long runway, CPA management, and CNMI inter-island planning context..
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from TIQ. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Rota International AirportROP
Rota Island · large airport
- Distance
- 101 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 607 ft (185 m)
Compare against ROP when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Antonio B. Won Pat International AirportGUM
Hagåtña · large airport
- Distance
- 190 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 298 ft (91 m)
Compare against GUM when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Francisco Bangoy International AirportDVO
Davao · large airport
- Distance
- 2347 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- -2h
- Elevation
- 96 ft (29 m)
Compare against DVO when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Companion Planning Tools
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Tinian International Airport (TIQ) in?▾
Tinian International Airport is in the Pacific/Saipan timezone (UTC+10:00, ChST).
What are the codes for Tinian International Airport?▾
Tinian International Airport uses IATA code TIQ and ICAO code PGWT.
Where is Tinian International Airport located?▾
Tinian International Airport is located in Tinian Island, Northern Mariana Islands at coordinates 15.0005° N, 145.6190° E, with an elevation of 271 ft (83 m) (low-elevation field in the tropics).
How far is Tinian International Airport from central Tinian Island?▾
Tinian International Airport sits roughly 28 km from the nearest mapped city center for Tinian Island.
Which route reference is most useful from TIQ?▾
Rota Island (ROP) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 58m, destination timezone Pacific/Guam, and a +0h difference from TIQ.
What other airports in Northern Mariana Islands are close peers to TIQ?▾
TIQ's curated peers in Northern Mariana Islands on this site include ROP Rota Island.
How many runways does Tinian International Airport have?▾
Tinian International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 1 runway, with the longest runway recorded at 8,600 ft / 2,621 m; identifiers include 08/26.