Infrastructure — French Polynesia
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for French Polynesia: 54
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Transportation
- Airports - total
54
- Airports with Paved Runways
45
- Heliports
1
- Roadways- total
1,609 Miles 2,590 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
1,078 Miles 1,735 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Mataura, Papeete, Rikitea, Uturoa
Communications
- Telephones
54,300
- Cell Phones
174,800
- Internet Users
75,000
- Internet Country Code
.pf
- Internet Hosts
36,056
- Broadcast Media
- The publicly owned French Overseas Network (RFO), which operates in France's overseas departments and territories, broadcasts on 2 TV channels and 1 radio station
- 1 government-owned TV station
- a small number of privately owned radio stations
- Telephone System
- Domestic: Combined fixed and mobile-
- cellular density is roughly 100 per 100 persons International: Country code - 689; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
604,500,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
650,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
8,000