Editing Kiritimati (section)

===Transport===
[[Cassidy International Airport]] (CXI) is located just north of [[Banana, Kiribati|Banana]] and North East Point. It has a paved runway with a length of {{convert|6900|ft|m|0}} and was for some time the only airport in Kiribati to serve the Americas, via an [[Fiji Airways|Air Pacific]] (now [[Fiji Airways]]) flight to [[Honolulu]], Hawaii. Te Mauri Travel no longer offers weekly charter flights from Honolulu.
[[File:Cassidy international airport (CXI).jpg|thumb|Cassidy International Airport, Kiritimati]]
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[[Air Tungaru]] was serving Kiritimati in 1981 with nonstop [[Boeing 727-100]] jet flights to [[Honolulu]] (HNL), [[Papeete, Tahiti]] (PPT) and [[Tarawa]] (TRW) with each service operating once a week with the service to Papeete being operated in association with [[Union de Transports Aeriens]] (UTA), a French airline.<ref>https://www.timetableimages.com/i-uz/vk8106b.jpg {{Bare URL image|date=August 2024}}</ref>  [[Aloha Airlines]] introduced its weekly nonstop jet service between Honolulu and the island in 1986 operated with a [[Boeing 737-200]].<ref>https://www.departedwings.com/The%20Airlines/Aloha%20Airlines/Aloha%20Airlines.htm {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> Aloha was continuing to serve Kiritimati from 2000 to 2003 with 737 jet service to and from Honolulu nonstop.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.departedflights.com/AQ011000.html | title=Aloha Airlines January 10, 2000 Route Map }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.departedflights.com/AQ090203.html | title=Aloha Airlines September 2, 2003 Route Map }}</ref>  Air Pacific ran flights to Kiritimati until 2008, when they ceased service over concerns about the condition of the runway.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fijisun.com.fj/2010/03/27/kiritimati-calling/ |title=Kiritimati calling |publisher=Fiji Sun |date=27 March 2010 |access-date=3 December 2021}}</ref> Services resumed in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pireport.org/articles/2010/06/28/christmas-isle-celebrates-resumed-air-service |title=Christmas Isle Celebrated Resumed Air Service  |publisher=Pacific Islands Report |date=28 June 2010 |access-date=3 December 2021 |archive-date=3 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203050152/http://www.pireport.org/articles/2010/06/28/christmas-isle-celebrates-resumed-air-service  }}</ref> A monthly air freight service is flown using a chartered {{nowrap|[[Boeing 727]]}} from [[Honolulu]] operated by [[Asia Pacific Airlines (Guam)|Asia Pacific Airlines]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Flight Schedule |date=2010-07-06 |website=Flyapa.com |publisher=Asia Pacific Airlines |url=http://flyapa.com/sched.asp?SchedDate=7/6/2010 |access-date=2013-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711012953/http://flyapa.com/sched.asp?SchedDate=7%2F6%2F2010 |archive-date=11 July 2011 }}</ref>

[[Aeon Field]] is an abandoned airport, constructed before the British nuclear tests.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.policyforum.net/fishing-for-new-friends/ |title=Fishing for new friends |publisher=Asia & the Pacific Policy Society |date=27 August 2020 |access-date=3 December 2021}}</ref> It is located on the southeastern peninsula.