Easter Island Airport

Introduction

Easter Island Airport, officially called Mataveri International Airport, serves as the main (and only for almost all travellers in fact) gateway to the island. The landing strip of the airport was lengthened in 1986 by NASA to make it possible, in case of emergency, for the Space Shuttle to land at Rapa Nui. Therefore today the airstrip is covering the whole width of the island.

For more information about other airports throughout the world, also see the list of airports.

Airlines, Destinations and Terminals

For more information about airlines, also see the list of airlines and the details about flying with budget airlines.

Lan Chile is the only airlines flying here from Santiago de Chile and Papeete on Tahiti. From the 5th of January 2011, they island will also have a connection from Lima, Peru.

Keeping connected