{"id":722,"date":"2022-04-17T15:34:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T04:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ppa.fm\/?page_id=722"},"modified":"2025-08-27T14:34:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T03:34:26","slug":"pohnpei-international-airport","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.ppa.fm\/en\/pohnpei-international-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Pohnpei International Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"722\" class=\"elementor elementor-722\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f17b8b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f17b8b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-257bde9\" data-id=\"257bde9\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><u><b>Mission<\/b><\/u>:\u00a0 <i><br \/><\/i><\/h5><p style=\"text-align: center;\">To maintain a safe &amp; secure international airport environment to ideally facilitate aviation travel and traffic.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa13404\" data-id=\"aa13404\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2898163 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2898163\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><u><b>Objective<\/b><\/u>: <i><br \/><\/i><\/h5><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>To uphold consistent compliance <\/i><i>with PPA Rules and Regulations mandated by <\/i><i>the National Regulatory Authority, interwoven <\/i><i>with International Aviation Standards.<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1180e61 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1180e61\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-754dc3e\" data-id=\"754dc3e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5f16e9 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Hardstands<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Apron Total Area of<b>: <\/b><\/li>\n<li>1,790 Square Meters<br><\/li>\n<li>16,110 Square Feet<\/li><br><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e61ccd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e61ccd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1014\" height=\"756\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ppa.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HardStand-II.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-796\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ppa.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HardStand-II.jpg 1014w, http:\/\/www.ppa.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HardStand-II-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ppa.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HardStand-II-768x573.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.ppa.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HardStand-II-16x12.jpg 16w\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF)<\/h5><ul><li>Aircraft Fueling Service Standby<\/li><li>Critical First Responders in the event of aircraft rescue<\/li><li>NFPA\/ Pro Board Certified Air Rescue Firefighters\/ Recertification every year<\/li><li>Fire suppression, Triage, Decontamination, Hazmat, First Aid, EMT<\/li><li>State of the art Facility, and Assets (3 fire trucks)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e278cd\" data-id=\"8e278cd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e10e6f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e10e6f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Aerodrome Flight information Service (<b>AFIS<\/b>)<\/h5><ul><li>Communicate with Aircraft, and ground personnel. Relay weather information.<\/li><li>Receive flight plans <\/li><li>Nucleus for air, and ground liaising Alert Operations on Emergency Scenarios Flight Data, and Statistics compiling<\/li><li>Runway Self Inspection<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2244999\" data-id=\"2244999\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ea0678 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ea0678\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Airport Police<\/strong><\/h5><ul><li>Deputized AVSEC Police\/General AVSEC<\/li><li>Access Control into AOA<\/li><li>Vehicle and Persons Search<\/li><li>Uphold sterility of holding areas<\/li><li>AVSEC screening<\/li><li>AOA patrols<\/li><li>Traffic Control and Crowd Control<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4cd30df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4cd30df\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-515bf2e\" data-id=\"515bf2e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7522cf4 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7522cf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission:\u00a0 To maintain a safe &amp; secure international airport environment to ideally facilitate aviation travel and traffic. 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