TONGA AERODROME AND HELIPORT CHARGES
General
Tonga Civil Aviation (Aerodromes and Licensing Charges) Regulations 1996 prescribe the charges
for the landing and parking of aircraft. An extract from these regulations, which came into effect on 20
August 1996 is reproduced in Table GEN 4.1 - 1.
Landing Charges
Landing Charges in accordance with the following scale per one tonne, (1,000kg) weight shall be
charged and payable in respect of each landing at an aerodrome by an aircraft engaged in the
carriage of passengers, cargo or mail.
Table GEN 4.1 - 1
Landing Charges
DOMESTIC OPERATIONS
$3.50 per tonne
INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
Fua’amotu International Airport
B747
$4,197.00
MD11/DC10 Series
$2,976.00
B767
$1,908.00
B737
$687.00
All other aircraft
$10.90 per tonne
Lupepau’u (Vava’u) International Airport
All aircraft
$8.00 per tonne
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Charges will be reduced to 50% for rotary wing aircraft.
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The following aircraft shall be exempt from the payment of charges:
(a) Foreign military aircraft
(b) Diplomatic aircraft
(c) State aircraft
(d) Aircraft being used for government ceremonial purposes
(e) Search aircraft engaged in air/sea rescue operations
(f) Aircraft engaged in disaster relief or emergency medical evacuation
(g) Aircraft engaged in the calibration of the State’s navigation facilities
(h) Aircraft carrying out a test flight solely for the purposes of establishing serviceability
(i) Aircraft that have received an exemption in writing from the Secretary for Civil Aviation
Subject to the provisions of paragraph above of the schedule, charges shall be levied and payable for
the parking of aircraft at any aerodrome for any period in excess of three hours and shall be paid in
accordance with the following scale.
Lighting Charges
The following aerodrome lighting surcharges are in addition to the landing charges when flights
operate between sunset and sunrise.
(a) If a night landing is made between sunset and sunrise and take-off is made within one hour of that
landing, a fixed charge of $50.00 will be made.
(b) If the duration of an aircraft on the ground after sunset and before sunrise exceeds the period
specified in paragraph (a), then there will be an additional charge of $35.00 for each additional hour or
part hour.
Charges are changing over the upcoming three years. Year one is from February 1st, 2011 to 31st
January 2012. In year two prices are going up. Year two is from February 1st, 2012 to 31st January
2013. Year three is from February 1st, 2013 to 31st January 2014.
Year Two
International Navigation Charges (TOP $)
Action
Cost
Passenger Service Charge
TOP $ 25.00
Development Levy
TOP $ 20.00
Security Charge
TOP $ 10.00
Aircraft MCTOW (Landing Charge)
TOP $ 32.80 per tonne
Afterhours Charge
TOP $ 676.00
National Navigation Charges (TOP $)
Action
Cost
Passenger Service Charge
TOP $10.00 plus CT
Aircraft MCTOW (Landing Charge)
TOP $ 5.23 per tonne
Afterhours Charge
TOP $ 676.00
Parking Charges (first three hours free of charge)
Exceeding three hours
3 to 8 hours
Each additional hour
A/C up to 5 tonnes
$5.00
$1.00
A/C 6 to 50 tonnes
$30.00
$7.00
A/C over 50 tonnes
$60.00
$12.00
Year Three
International Navigation Charges (TOP $)
Action
Cost
Passenger Service Charge
TOP $ 25.00
Development Levy
TOP $ 20.00
Security Charge
TOP $ 10.00
Aircraft MCTOW (Landing Charge)
TOP $ 27.25 per tonne
Afterhours Charge
TOP $ 676.00
National Navigation Charges (TOP $)
Action
Cost
Passenger Service Charge
TOP $10.00 plus CT
Aircraft MCTOW (Landing Charge)
TOP $ 7.23 per tonne
Afterhours Charge
TOP $ 676.00
Parking Charges (first three hours free of charge)
Exceeding three hours
3 to 8 hours
Each additional hour
A/C up to 5 tonnes
$5.00
$1.00
A/C 6 to 50 tonnes
$30.00
$7.00
A/C over 50 tonnes
$60.00
$12.00
Notes:
1. All charges are in TOP (Tongan Pa‟anga)
2. Airport Hourly Operational Charges (after hours charges) including lightning, Navaid, terminal,
technical & support services)
3. In calculating landing charges in accordance with the per tonne scale, any weight below 1 tonne
shall be rounded up to the nearest half-tonne
4. In calculating the After Hours and Parking charges, parts of the hour shall be rounded up to the
nearest half-hour.
Minimum public liability insurance requirements
Compulsory insurance with a minimum single limit for third party liability for any one accident/incident
or occurrence being no less than NZD$1,000,000 with the interest of TAL noted on that policy. A copy
of the certificate noting TAL‟s interest must be provided to TAL
If requested by TAL, man should agree to provide evidence of insurance held and a copy of the policy
document.