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Canton Island Airport

airport in Kiribati
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Summary

Canton Island Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (471 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Phoenix Islands[3]
  • Country: Kiribati[4]
  • IATA airport code: CIS[5]
  • ICAO airport code: PCIS[6]
  • Commons category: Canton Island Airport[7]
  • Coordinate location: -2.769167, -171.705278[8]
  • Date of official opening: 1939[9]
  • Elevation above sea level: 3[10]
  • Aerodrome reference point: -2.76812, -171.71001[11]

Why It Matters

Canton Island Airport has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Kiribati

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 25d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 22w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Phoenix Islands
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': -2.769167, 'longitude': -171.705278}
    Located in time zone → —
    Instance of → airport
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Airport", "PCIS"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257634|batch #257634]]"
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