There are two main international flight airports in Kiribati. Kiribati is the destination. International airports are Bonriki International Airport (TRW) on Tarawa in the Gilbert group and Kiritimati (CX) in the Line group.
Getting to Christmas Island (Kiritimmati) & Line Islands
Fiji Airways
Kiritimati Island flights are every Tuesdays around midnight. The Flight arrives Kiritimati on a Wednesday early morning and continues on to Honolulu (Hawaii) arriving on Tuesdays (minus one day to other side of the International Date Line) and back again to Kiritimati arriving on a Wednesdays (plus one day) and continues on back to Nadi, Fiji on Wednesday afternoon. The flight duration is around 3 hours.
Fiji Airways code shares with Qantas and Cathay Pacific with connections available from United States (Honolulu, LA & San Francisco), Australia (Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne), New Zealand (Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch), Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore.
Getting to Fanning and Washington Islands
Once in Kiritimati Island, Air Kiribati domestic flights are available to visit Fanning Island (Tabuaeran) and Washington Island (Teraina) in the Line Islands Group.
Getting to Tarawa and the Gilbert Islands
Air Kiribati
Air Kiribati provides a once a week service linking Tarawa and Tuvalu (Funafuti). The service departs Tarawa at 12pm on Wednesday and arrives in Funafuti at 3pm it then departs at 4pm and arrives back in Tarawa at 7pm.
The service uses Air Kiribati's Dash 8 100 series aircraft which has the capacity to take up to 35 passengers each way. Ticket prices start at $350 one way.
Air Kiribati's GSA in Funafuti Manu Travel Services Email: manutravel@gmail.com| Phones: 20980 or 7006053 or 7006054.
Fiji Airways
Tarawa Flights are Mondays & Thursdays out of Nadi, Fiji and returns to Nadi on those same days.
Fiji Airways code shares with Qantas and Cathay Pacific with connections available from United States (Honolulu, LA & San Francisco), Australia (Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne), New Zealand (Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch), Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore.
Nauru Airlines
Tarawa Flights are Fridays out of Brisbane (transit in Honiara, Solomon Islands and Nauru) and Sundays out of Pohnpei (FSM) via Majuro (Marshall Islands) and continues on via Nauru (transit) to Nadi and Brisbane via Honiara.
Solomon Airlines
Tarawa Flights are Wednesdays out of Brisbane via Honiara. It overnights in Tarawa on the Wednesday and departs Tarawa on a Thursday morning.
Getting to the Outer Islands
Once in Tarawa, Air Kiribati domestic flights and ferries are available to visit North Tarawa and the other islands in the Gilbert Group.
Getting to Kanton in Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA)
Coral Sun Airlines
Getting to Kanton in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area is available by private charter plane only with Coral Sun Aviation.