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Find cheap flights to French Polynesia from $361

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Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Papeete
Papeetenonstop$600
Vaitape
Vaitape1 stop$938
Raiatea
Raiatea1 stop$1,331
Temae
Temae1 stop$1,039
Fare
Fare2 stops$1,502
Maupiti
Maupiti1 stop$1,898

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FAQs - booking French Polynesia flights

  • Where should I fly to if I want to visit the Bora Bora islands?

    If you want to visit Bora Bora, then you may take a US to French Polynesia flight – most likely landing at Faa'a International Airport on Tahiti island. From that airport, you may take a domestic flight to Bora Bora Airport (BOB), also known as Motu Mute Airport. These domestic flights occur daily and take around 50 min or so.

  • If I am flying to Faa'a International Airport (PPT), how can I get to Raiatea?

    Suppose you are flying to Faa'a International Airport (PPT) in Papeete and want to get to Raiatea; you can take a domestic flight operated by Air Tahiti from Papeete to Raiatea Airport, the quickest and most convenient option. You can also rent a car from the airport rental car services or choose private transfer, allowing you to arrange a personalized journey to Raiatea.

  • I want to visit Moorea. Where should I fly to?

    If you want to visit the island of Moorea in French Polynesia, then you first need to take an international flight from the US to Faa'a International Airport on Tahiti island. From there, Air Tahiti provides regular domestic flight service to Moorea Airport (MOZ) and it takes around 15min. Alternatively, you may take a ferry from Tahiti to Moorea in about 30min.

  • Which is the nearest airport to Tetiaroa?

    The nearest airport to Tetiaroa is Tetiaroa Airport (TTI). However, it is not an international airport. Therefore, if you come from another country, you have to land at Faa'a International Airport (PPT), from where you can take a flight to Tetiaroa Airport since it is the fastest and most convenient.

  • If I want to visit Huahine island, where should I fly to?

    If you want to visit Huahine island, you should first fly to French Polynesia from the US. After landing at the Faa'a International Airport in Tahiti, you may take a domestic flight to the island of Huahine. Air Tahiti provides regular service to Huahine-Fare Airport (HUH) and it takes around 40min.

  • Which airline served by Faa'a International Airport (PPT) should I choose if from another country?

    When flying from another country to French Polynesia, choose Air Tahiti Nui because it is an international carrier and operates flights from French Polynesia to destinations outside the region, such as Los Angeles, Paris, and Tokyo. On the other hand, Air Tahiti is a regional carrier and offers domestic flights between the islands within French Polynesia.

  • Are there any nonstop flights to French Polynesia?

    Yes, nonstop flights from the US to French Polynesia are available. Most leave from airports in California or Hawaii and arrive at Faa'a International Airport on the island of Tahiti. If you’re in southern California, then Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) offers frequent flights. If you’re in northern California, then San Francisco International Airport (SFO) offers regular flight service. If you’re in Hawaii, then Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), aka Honolulu Airport, provides flight service.

  • How do I get to Vaiare from Moorea Airport (MOZ)?

    Apart from using the rental car services at Moorea Airport (MOZ), you can also use other means like taxis, public transportation, or private transfer. Taxis available at the airport can take you directly to Vaiare. Taking a bus from the nearest bus stop to Vaiare might also be convenient.

  • Which airports can get me to Rangiroa Marine Reserve from Tahiti's Faa'a International Airport?

    The Rangiroa Marine Reserve is located on the atoll of Rangiroa. The nearest airport to Rangiroa is the Rangiroa Airport (RGI), which Air Tahiti serves with regular flights from Tahiti's Faa'a International Airport (PPT). Once you arrive at the Rangiroa Airport, you can take a taxi or shuttle to the Rangiroa Marine Reserve.

  • Can I fly directly from New York to French Polynesia?

    There are no direct flights from New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Faa'a International Airport (PPT). All lights from New York to French Polynesia involve at least one stop or layover. Delta, American Airlines, and Air Tahiti Nui are the airlines that provide flight services for the route between John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Faa'a International Airport (PPT).

  • How long is the flight to French Polynesia?

    An average nonstop flight from the United States to French Polynesia takes 16h 43m, covering a distance of 5201 miles. The most popular route is Los Angeles - Papeete with an average flight time of 8h 10m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to French Polynesia?

    The cheapest ticket to French Polynesia from the United States found in the last 72 hours was $361 one-way, and $599 round-trip. The most popular route is from Los Angeles to Papeete and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $732.

  • Which airlines fly to French Polynesia?

    Air Tahiti Nui, American Airlines & Alaska Airlines fly the most frequently from the United States to French Polynesia.

  • What are the most popular destinations in French Polynesia?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Papeete (73% of total searches to French Polynesia). The next most popular destinations are Vaitape (20%) and Temae (2%). Searches for flights to Raiatea (2%), to Fare (1%) and to Maupiti (0.4%) are also popular.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to French Polynesia

  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest French Polynesia flight deals.
  • Most US flights to French Polynesia arrive at Faa'a International Airport (PPT), also known as the Tahiti International Airport. It’s located on the island of Tahiti, a few miles outside the capital of Papeete. Domestic flights to other French Polynesian islands may be found from here.
  • Choose Faa'a International Airport (PPT) if you want to tour most regions of the country. The airport is centrally located for convenience and accessibility. From the airport, you can choose other cities to travel to; including Pirae, Punaauia, Mahina, and Arue.
  • If you wish to visit multiple French Polynesian islands, then the regional carrier Air Tahiti (which provides a lot of the domestic flights) offers a variety of multi-island air passes.
  • Car rental services are available at Faa'a International Airport (PPT), which you can book online before your flight. The car brands available for renting include Avis, Hertz, and Europcar whose offices are at Terminal Building Papeete, Tahiti, Tahiti (French Polynesia), BP 1617 - 98713 Papeete - TAHITI - FRENCH POLYNESIA and Tahiti Papeete Faa Airport respectively.
  • Faa’a International Airport in French Polynesia is a hub for the international carrier Air Tahiti Nui as well as the regional carrier Air Tahiti. Air Moorea also offers domestic flight service.
  • If you are visiting French Polynesia for business purposes, choose Faa'a International Airport (PPT). The airport has business lounges like the Air Tahiti Nui available to their premium passengers and certain frequent flyer members where they can hold business meetings.
  • If you want to visit the island of Raiatea, then you may take a flight to Tahiti from the US. Once at the Tahiti Airport, there is regular domestic flight service to Raiatea Airport.
  • Since French Polynesia mostly abides by French law, car seats are required for small children. That being said, they aren’t always available on public modes of transportation, so it’s best to call ahead or bring your own car seat.
  • If you’re a US citizen traveling to French Polynesia for tourism purposes, then you don’t need a visa for stays up to 90 days in any six month period. However, you must bring a valid passport with at least six months validity.
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Top 5 airlines flying to French Polynesia

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from the United States to French Polynesia? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.5
Air Tahiti NuiOverall score based on 77 reviews
7.9food
8.5boarding
8.2comfort
7.4entertainment
8.9crew
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Really good experience. Was reasonably priced, Boarding was easy, on time, and service was great. No complaints at all :)

10.0 ExcellentBhavna, Apr 2024LAX - ICN
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Really good experience. Was reasonably priced, Boarding was easy, on time, and service was great. No complaints at all :)

I always love flying with Air Tahiti Nui: the flower when you board, the colors of the pillows/blankets, the fun safety video, etc. It brings the charm of Tahiti to the plane, which is very relaxing. Food was great. Only weakness is the entertainment system, which did not have a lot of interesting content, so I ended up watching Netflix shows I had downloaded to my phone. The other issue was not related to Air Tahiti but the Seattle airport, which made us wait for 1 hour at security. Ruined the whole flying experience and almost made me loose my next flight.

The service was really nice. The wine was great and the food was good. More water offered during the flight would have been nice.

Booked family of 4. None of us were seated together. Desk agent would not make any seat adjustments. Gate agent would not make any seat adjustments. Had to negotiate once on board with other passengers to trade seats. Don’t understand why you would separate seating of family all booked on same reservation. Was not able to select seats on Kayak nor Air Tahiti prior to airport.

Seats were roomy. Staff was great offering free drinks and refills constantly. Everything was very clean.

The sound system was so bad I could not watch movies.

Reclining seats with leg rest! Amazing flight crew! Loved the food! Everything was perfect!

The crew was very friendly and welcoming. Boarding was calm and organized. Take off and Landing was perfect and in time.

my luggage was damage. even if i put fragile in my bags. i was disappointed.

Very friendly and professional crew from check in to be working to flight crew to disembarkation.

Delta is one of the best airlines I have flown

Made the Atlanta to Pittsburgh trip many times, with Delta no issues

I always fly with Delta. My friends tell me their horror stories of flying with other airlines. I just smile and say, “You should fly Delta”

I'm a larger, athletic guy (6'2", 260lbs powerlifter) and I found the seats incredibly uncomfortable with minimal leg room, especially in a window seat. Now, I full understand that being smaller may change my view but even if I was 80lbs less, my legs would be the same size and I was sandwiched between my seat and the seat in front of me.

Horrible. This was not first class. This was a connecting flight whi h was late. My original flight never came. I hated the fact that delta gave me a connecting flight from New York to Orlando Florida. No meals and the television screens were not working. There wasn't even any power to charge your phones. This is NOT FIRST CLASS DELTA!!! Do better next time!

This flight was ridiculous. I had to have a connecting flight from New York to orlando Florida??? The flight left late and because it was a short flight there was no first class amenities. I had one alcohol drink. The flight crew was fine, but it sure did not feel like first class. Delta to me dropped the ball by giving me a connecting flight. By the time we got to Raleigh we would have missed the next flight. Lucky for me the flight never came so now I was stuck waiting for a later flight that came in late also.

Our flight was delayed in Atlanta. The staff could have gave us an explanation for the delay and how long it would be.

I liked the ease of checking in, luggage check in, wheel chair assistance, boarding and flight.

On my way home I had a layover. The flight from ATL to CLT was amended 5x while I was waiting. I could have driven home sooner. Overall from Dallas, Tx to Charlotte, NC I started my trip at 4:30pm, I didn’t get home until past midnight. I know things happen, but 5x to make me run back and forth in an airport from different terminals is excessive. I also upgraded to comfort + , I didn’t feel it was worth it. There was no benefit

On my way home I had a layover. The flight from ATL to CLT was amended 5x while I was waiting. I could have driven home sooner. Overall from Dallas, Tx to Charlotte, NC I started my trip at 4:30pm, I didn’t get home until past midnight. I know things happen, but 5x to make me run back and forth in an airport from different terminals is excessive.

Nothing beats ANA customer service on my opinion. Maybe because of their Japanese culture (and food). Arigatō

So so. Terrible aircraft choice for that leg of the flight.

Due to one crew member not showing up to work, our flight was significantly delayed causing us to miss our connecting flight in Houston to Mississippi causing us to be delayed by more than 6 hours and missing our event all together. Very disappointing. All because ONE crew member called in sick. United did grant us a $15 meal voucher, which was a small but appreciated concession that I wasn’t able to use because I ordered my lunch and paid for it before applying the concession, and the staff said it was too late to use it. Ugh! We also had a TWO delay coming back from Mississippi, but that was on American Airlines and it was due to weather, so not their fault. Anyway, not at all impressed with United’s handling of our flight and the HUGE disappointment of missing our important family event for our 90 year old mother. All that money and all that stress and emotions for nothing. Having to wait the hour to bring an employee from LAX seemed like something that should not have happened. Why don’t you have a local back-up? Santa Ana is not a little airport in a rural area.

Flight delayed from Cape Town to Washington then got diverted to miami and in miami we had to fend for ourselves , im still trying to get to Shreveport now

delay several times and wait extra long to board. no entertainment service because there are problem for some rows. always encounter some delays for the last flight of the day.

I just wrote a text which was supposed to be for the flight from Denver to spokane not Frankfurt to Denver.

On time every leg of the journey and exceptional staff at counter, gate, and on board. I haven’t travelled in US for a long time and was genuinely surprised how pleasant this was.

Hated every minute of it. This flight should have only taken 1.5hrs but was delayed over 10hours. Now I am being told I cannot be compensated or refunded my ticket price or extra leg room, which I purchased but did not receive, because the airline is throwing the blame on the 3rd party I purchased tickets through and 3rd party putting the blame on airline. No one wants to help. They received their money and that's all they care about. Im going on 3 days of still trying to get to my final destination, had to cancel car rental, car insurance and hotel. Currently staying in airport until hotels open up. Thank you Lufthansa, Kayak, Underpricer and United for making this trip the worst ever.

The delays (5 hrs) were a comedy of errors, and the multiple safety issues encountered were very concerning.

flight delays, staff only communicating when pushed, food service lasting a grand total of 7 minutes, stuck in seat from 45mins into flight until landing

I think the seats on some of their planes are uncomfortable. You can be ok on a short flight of two hours but no more than that. The delays, and also the refreshments on the plane were not enough.

Flight delayed over an over all day until it cancelled at 1:30am. Would not repeatedly delay that late. Offer hotel rooms and rebook early. Very difficult for families with small children

Not sure why JAL partnered with American Airlines because their service is no where near similar. Flight attendants were not friendly and didn’t smile. Food was horrible…

this is starting to seem like an american airlines standard. delayed flights and fake apologies… getting tired of it

Terrible boarding , Business class seats are sub standard. As usual crew will miss your food too

Just get Economy Plus for international flights, so worth it the extra room, bigger seats…

This flight is frequently delayed. The connections seemingly are more frequently delayed. I’ve missed connections as a result twice on the same route to charlotte then Charleston. Final destination arrival has been the next day, twice in a row. No pilots, no crew. Too many excuses. Unfortunately, my days with American are over.

Entertainment was okay not because anything was wrong but it is a short flight so having no wifi is annoying but understandable. Crew was outstanding as usual

It was spectacular. I had basic Economy and was given so much space and their seats lean back so far. Staff was superb, food was superb, everything was superb, Finnair is Fantastic.

Those seats were way too narrow. I had the middle seat, one person was a very skinny person and we still couldn’t avoid touching each other anytime one of us moved. The other person was larger and we were basically sitting in each others lap the entire flight. There was zero entertainment. The flight was long enough to justify tvs, but no. Gotta sit there in your infant seat and twiddle your thumbs.

everything is an extra cost on this flight, you need to pay to have a your children sit next to you (they won’t change the seat for your kids to sit next to you without charging you), food is an extra you need to pay for on a 12 hour flight, no drinks or snacks throughout the flight, the media selection is subpar and your phone has more options

Many families including ours we seated separately. For kids entertainment only 2 cartoons for 11 hour flight. Checked bag $100 each. Everything else was fine

The boarding process was completely disorganized, adding avoidable stress, and the airline's business model is tight spaces, but seats that recline more to make sleep easier in economy. The passenger behind us did not understand that and shook our chair saying we're reclining too much. We immediately brought the flight attendants in to mediate and deescalate the situation, and they didn't. The passenger behind us kept harassing my wife throughout the 8 hour flight. They should be better trained in this regard if this is the airline's business model and promise to passengers like us who review leg space and reclining angles before purchasing a fare on the airline.

The orthopedic sits, no room to move, no reclining, was horrible and because that I'm still in pain and aches in my whole body

Seats were uncomfortable. Lower back support would be nice. It was the usual for an airplane. Other than that, everything was wonderful. Even my kids said the food was good! Nice to get a blanket and set of earbuds.

Flight got canceled, took us 3 hrs in line to give us vouchers for hotel and meals, which was chaotic and then went to hotel and the voucher did not work at hotel, had to pay and apply for reimbursement and waiting for payment

Better than expected from a low cost airline! The food, seat and overall experience was great! I would fly with them again.

We were there on time we checked in early online and when we got to the airport we only had one code ticket and not the other one, the people at the desk didn’t want to print the other ticket since we didn’t have it on the phone

Pros: "All of the ground grew was excellent, I always travel with my service dog and they handled the process very professionally."
Cons: "Over the phone service in trying to notify the airline that I was travelling with my service dog was ridiculous. I called multiple times, but nobody could understand me due to their limited English, and refused to put in a note in my booking because were insisting on a letter from a psychiatric doctor, which is not applicable. As per the French Bee (an most airline) regulations - this is a requirement for ESA and not service animals, on top of the fact my disability is not psychiatric. Result was no comment put on my booking, but fortunately the staff at the airport were very helpful and understanding."
Pros: "I did not prepay for a meal, but the options available compelled me to buy. The meal was exceptional. The service was also 5-star and the seat was quite comfortable."
Cons: "The flight was late."

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