Identifier
PPG
Pago Pago International Airport Map Print (PPG)
PPG
NSTU
Pago Pago, American Samoa
$55
✓ Free US shipping · Made to Order
Colorway
White
Black
Navy
Sand
Blueprint
Night Ops
Hi-Viz
Finish
Fine Art Print pairs 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper with pigment giclée printing for rich color and a smooth matte finish. Supplied unframed. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat.
Framed Fine Art Print presents the same cotton paper in a 1.25 inch solid wood frame, with a white beveled mat and optical-grade clear acrylic. The mat is included, and hanging wire is already installed.
Glossy Metal Print brings vivid color to coated aluminum through dye sublimation. The glossy surface resists scratches and water; the included hidden mount positions it about 3/4 inch off the wall.
Size
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Printed in the USA
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- Museum-quality, 330 gsm cotton paper with pigment inks for rich color and fine detail. Ready for your own frame.
- Pago Pago's runways and taxiways, composed as art for anyone who has spent time at the field.
- Seven colorways to suit the room. A considered gift for pilots, crew, and frequent flyers.
Description
A runway diagram map print of Pago Pago International Airport (PPG), made from the airport's own layout for the place it holds in your life. Choose your colorway and your format: a fine art giclée print on cotton paper, a framed fine art print, a glossy metal print or a digital download.
Your fine art print is made to order with pigment inks on heavyweight, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, a 330 gsm sheet with a high color gamut and deep black density. The acid-free, archival-grade paper has a smooth matte surface. Supplied unframed, ready for your own frame.
Shipping and Returns
Physical prints are made to order in 2 to 3 business days; shipping time is added on top and varies by your location and the method you choose. Standard shipping is free across the US. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat, though paper may retain a slight curl; orders with framed or metal pieces ship in separate boxes. Digital downloads are delivered by email, so there is nothing to ship.
The Digital Download is a JPEG at 300 dpi, sized for 24 by 30 inches. The digital add-on matches the selected physical print size at 300 dpi. Download links arrive by email and stay active for 30 days; save the file within that time and keep it for personal, non-commercial use. No physical item is shipped.
Physical products have a 30-day money-back guarantee. Contact us within 30 days of delivery to request a refund; we may require a return before issuing it.
Digital downloads are non-refundable once delivered, except where required by law or where AirportPrints determines that a delivery failure or technical issue was caused by AirportPrints.
Materials
Fine Art Print: pigment giclée printing on heavyweight 330 gsm (17 mil), 100% cotton Hot Press paper, on regularly calibrated giclée printers. The paper is acid-free and archival-grade, with a smooth matte surface and the high color gamut and black density that let a dark ground and fine linework keep their depth. Supplied unframed, with no added white margin, ready for your own frame.
Framed Fine Art Print: the same cotton fine art paper in a 1.25 inch solid wood frame. A white, acid-free, 4-ply mat with a 45-degree bevel and optical-grade, shatter-resistant clear acrylic (safer to ship than glass) are included. The print is mounted to foam core for a flat presentation, with a kraft paper dust cover and installed hanging wire on the back.
Glossy Metal Print: the image is transferred by dye sublimation into polymer-coated aluminum with a glossy white base. The 1.14 mm panel has a scratch- and water-resistant surface, with a hidden inset mount that positions it about 3/4 inch off the wall. Display indoors, away from direct sunlight.
Digital Download: a high-resolution JPEG for personal, non-commercial use. No physical paper, frame, or metal panel is included.
Dimensions
Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches.
Framed Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches, measured across the mat and acrylic area inside the frame. The mat sits within that area, so the visible image is about 6 x 8, 12 x 16, or 18 x 24 inches. The outside frame is larger than the listed size.
Glossy Metal Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches. During sublimation, 1/8 to 1/4 inch of the artwork may be cropped, so the printed edge can differ slightly from the preview.
Digital Download: a 7200 x 9000 pixel JPEG at 300 dpi for 24 x 30 inch printing. A digital add-on instead matches the selected physical size: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, or 24 x 30 inches at 300 dpi.
Made like something you keep.
The field itself
This is Pago Pago's own layout, the way its runways run and the taxiways thread between them, composed into a print you will want to look at every day. Not a stock template with a new name on it.
Museum-quality cotton paper
Heavyweight 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, acid-free and archival-grade. Its high color gamut and black density give the runways real depth, and pigment inks keep the fine detail crisp on a smooth matte surface.
Solid wood framing or glossy metal
Frame it in 1.25 inch solid wood, black, white or natural oak, with the white beveled mat, optical-grade clear acrylic and hanging wire included. Or choose glossy metal: dye sublimation into aluminum, floated about 3/4 inch off the wall on a hidden mount.
Pago Pago International
PPG · Pago Pago, American Samoa
14.3317° S · 170.7115° W
Field elevation 31 ft
Field elevation 31 ft
ICAO code
NSTU
Field elevation
31ft
Runways
2
Magnetic variation
12°E
Runways
05/2310,001 × 150 ft
08/263,801 × 100 ft
Composed from published airport information and available field depictions as original wall art. Learn how AirportPrints maps take shape.
Pago Pago International Airport Runway Diagram Print
Pago Pago International Airport works two asphalt runways of very different weight, and the print is mostly the big one. Runway 05/23 is 10,001 by 150 feet, running southwest to northeast as a single long diagonal that carries the eye from the lower left corner of the sheet to the upper right. Runway 08/26 is 3,801 by 100 feet, a short horizontal bar sitting above the northeast end of the long runway; the two do not cross, they converge on shared apron pavement near the 23 threshold. Field elevation is 31 feet above sea level and magnetic variation is 12E. The rest of the sheet is open ground, which is honest to a field laid across the Tafuna plain on Tutuila.
The airport is seven miles southwest of the central business district of Pago Pago, in the village and plains of Tafuna, in American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States. It began as Tafuna Airfield, part of U.S. Naval Station Tutuila, partly built before war reached the Pacific on December 7, 1941. Two airstrips of compacted coral opened on March 17, 1942, and two days later U.S. Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-111 put the field to work; the squadron had come by ship from San Diego, and its aircraft were offloaded in Pago Pago harbor and trucked out to Tafuna.
There was no air service to American Samoa at all until January 1956, when Pan American Airways added Pago Pago via Fiji with Douglas DC-4s; before that the trip meant a nine hour boat ride from Western Samoa. A rebuild in 1963 turned the wartime runway 14/32 into taxiway and ramp and laid down the new 05/23, and the field opened to jets in 1964. The original coral runway 09/27 was retired then, but it did not disappear: in the mid 1970s it was rehabilitated, repaved and brought back as 08/26, which is why the short bar at the top of the print sits where the wartime primary runway ran. Runway 05/23 was extended again in early 2001.
As art, the field is left to speak plainly. Runway designators, lengths and widths follow the published figures, and taxiways, apron edges and building footprints are reduced to flat geometry over the ground tone you choose. The long diagonal and the small horizontal bar give the composition a strong direction and a lot of quiet around it, so this one hangs well in a room where a busier layout would fight the wall. It is original wall art composed from published airport information and available field depictions rather than a navigation document, printed to order at a size that reads from across a room and still rewards standing close.
Pago Pago (PPG) print, common questions
How many runways does Pago Pago International Airport have?
Two, both asphalt. Runway 05/23 is 10,001 by 150 feet and runway 08/26 is 3,801 by 100 feet. They do not intersect; they meet at apron pavement near the northeast end of the long runway.
What is the longest runway at PPG, and how high is the field?
Runway 05/23 at 10,001 feet. Field elevation is 31 feet above sea level, and that figure is set in the margin of the print.
What does PPG stand for and where is the airport?
PPG is the IATA code for Pago Pago International Airport, also known as Tafuna Airport, seven miles southwest of the central business district of Pago Pago on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States.
Why is the short runway drawn away from the main one?
Because it is a survivor. The wartime primary runway 09/27 was built of compacted coral in 1942 and retired in 1964 when 05/23 opened, then was repaved in the mid 1970s and returned to service as 08/26 on that same old alignment.
Is the diagram accurate to the real airport?
The runway designators, lengths, widths and the angle between the two strips come from published airport information for the field. It is original wall art, not a chart: fine details may be simplified or omitted, including minor taxiway markings, signage and small structures, and it is not for navigation.
What sizes can I get, and does this work as a gift?
Each print is made to order in several sizes and finishes, on a ground tone you pick at checkout. It suits anyone with family on Tutuila, anyone who has made the long haul into Tafuna, or anyone who collects Pacific airfields with a war behind them.
