Airfield For Moorea
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Contracts to build an airstrip at Lake Tamae on the north-eastern corner of Moorea were reported to have been let in Tahiti recently. The plan is to build a 700-metre paved airstrip tor light aircraft that could be extended to take larger planes.
An air service between Tahiti and Moorea (10 miles away) was in augurated in 1964 with an eight passenger Gruman Goose amphibian aircraft which landed in Paopao Bay.
At present the only communication between the two islands is by daily launch.