Rarotonga International Airport (RAR)
A working profile of Rarotonga International Airport in Avarua, Cook Islands: identifiers, location, the destinations served by scheduled flights, and the airlines that operate there.
Quick facts
- Full name: Rarotonga International Airport
- Serves: Avarua, Cook Islands
- Coordinates: -21.2027, -159.8060
- Elevation: 19 ft
- Time zone: Pacific/Rarotonga
Rarotonga International Airport sits inside the air network of Cook Islands. It shows 14 distinct scheduled departures across 9 destinations and 5 operating carriers in the OpenFlights routes table. Whether it works as a primary hub, a focus city, or a regional feeder depends on the size of those numbers. The bigger they get, the more likely the airport supports connecting traffic on top of its point-to-point passengers.
Destinations from RAR
Destinations are listed in order of how many distinct airline codes serve them. Click any code for the destination's own airport profile, or jump to the dedicated route page.
| IATA | Destination | City | Country | Route | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKL | Auckland International Airport | Auckland | New Zealand | RAR→AKL | 3 |
| AIT | Aitutaki Airport | Aitutaki | Cook Islands | RAR→AIT | 2 |
| PPT | Faa'a International Airport | Papeete | French Polynesia | RAR→PPT | 2 |
| LAX | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles | United States | RAR→LAX | 2 |
| AIU | Enua Airport | Atiu Island | Cook Islands | RAR→AIU | 1 |
| MGS | Mangaia Island Airport | Mangaia Island | Cook Islands | RAR→MGS | 1 |
| MOI | Mitiaro Island Airport | Mitiaro Island | Cook Islands | RAR→MOI | 1 |
| MUK | Mauke Airport | Mauke Island | Cook Islands | RAR→MUK | 1 |
| SYD | Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport | Sydney | Australia | RAR→SYD | 1 |
Airlines operating at RAR
Carriers ranked by the number of routes they file from this airport.
| IATA | Airline | Country | Routes from RAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| GZ | Air Rarotonga | Cook Islands | 6 |
| NZ | Air New Zealand | New Zealand | 4 |
| US | US Airways | United States | 2 |
| VA | Virgin Australia | Australia | 1 |
| VT | Air Tahiti | French Polynesia | 1 |
Inbound origin airports
Where flights into RAR typically originate, ranked by the number of operators on file.
| IATA | Origin airport | City | Country | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIT | Aitutaki Airport | Aitutaki | Cook Islands | 2 |
| PPT | Faa'a International Airport | Papeete | French Polynesia | 2 |
| AKL | Auckland International Airport | Auckland | New Zealand | 2 |
| LAX | Los Angeles International Airport | Los Angeles | United States | 2 |
| AIU | Enua Airport | Atiu Island | Cook Islands | 1 |
| MGS | Mangaia Island Airport | Mangaia Island | Cook Islands | 1 |
| MOI | Mitiaro Island Airport | Mitiaro Island | Cook Islands | 1 |
| MUK | Mauke Airport | Mauke Island | Cook Islands | 1 |
| SYD | Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport | Sydney | Australia | 1 |
How to read this page
The destinations table is the core of an airport profile. It tells you, at a glance, where you can fly directly from RAR on a published schedule. The "operators" column doesn't measure frequency. It measures how many distinct airline codes file the route. So a "3" means three different carriers list RAR to that destination, even if one of them runs the route many times a day while the others only manage it weekly. For practical trip planning, use the table as a starting list and confirm the airline's own schedule for your travel dates.
The airline list shows which carriers treat RAR as part of their network. Many will be foreign carriers running one or two flights, while a handful will use the airport as a base. To see where those carriers fly elsewhere, click through to any airline page. Each airline profile includes a route sample drawn from the same dataset.