REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI AIRCRAFT REGISTER
Compiled by David Wise
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The Republic of Kiribati, formerly the British colonial Gilbert Islands, achieved independence in 1979.
It consists of 32 atolls in widely spread groups, with a total land area of 313 sq m. The population is about 120,000, with more than half living on Tarawa Atoll.
It straddles the 180 degree longitude line, so the international date line was displaced Eastwards to provide unity. This results in the Eastern territories called the Line Islands being in a UTC+14 time zone.
It had been assigned to use the VP-P British Pacific Territories aircraft register but nothing was registered and T3- came into use in 1981.
The main airport is at Tarawa - Bonriki (NGTA/TRW)
Information collated from reports in Air Britain News. Cross checked with Joe Barr and posted in Jan 2013.
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T3-AAA to ZZZ
Reg | Issue | Reg date |
Type | Const Number |
History |
T3-ATA | 1 | 5/81 | Riley DH114 Heron | 14108 | ex VH-CLW/CR-GAT/G-ASFI/CA+001/G-5-15 (Riley conv 2/77)(op Air Tungarau) to DQ-FDY cx 12/84 (dbstorm 1/85 reb)(dbf Nadi 8/88 reb) still in service 3/96. To Bankstown by 11/97 donated to Museum. To Central Aus Avn Museum, Alice Springs 7/12 repainted as as VH-CLW |
T3-ATB | 1 | 6/81 | B727-030C | 19311 | ex N703EV/PP-SRZ/N703EV/D-ABIO (op Air Tungaru) to N4936S 3/84 then N726EV scr Marana, Az 3/94 |
T3-ATC | 1 | 3/82 | CASA 212-200 | 236 | (op Air Tungaru>7/96 Air Kiribati) (to be traded in for DHC6 c6/14 but n.t.u. due to corrosion -stored) current? |
T3-ATD | 1 | 3/83 | BN2A III Trislander | 391 | ex DQ-FCC/G-BCJX op Air Kiribati wfu 5/94 scr ?/03 |
T3-ATE | 1 | 3/83 | BN2A III Trislander | 1004 | ex (N2965T)/DQ-FCE/G-BCNN op Air Kiribati wfu st c95? scr ?/03 |
T3-ATF | 1 | 3/83 | C-U206G f/p | 05574 | ex DQ-FDJ/N5122X to VH-HBX cx ?/?? then DQ-TAN |
T3-ATG | 1 | ntu | PA23-250B Aztec | 27-2475 | ex N5400Y reservation ntu |
T3-ATG | 2 | 2/93 | BN2A-27 Islander | 611 | ex ZK-FXY/N4391A/DQ-FHB/DQ-FFF/ZK-FXY/F-OCRB/G-AXZY (op Air Tungaru) to ZK-FXY cx 8/95 then DQ-FHB > H4-WPF |
T3-ATH | 1 | 9/94 | BN2A-26 Islander | 52 | ex ZK-FWZ/F-OCMO (op Air Tungaru) to ZK-FWZ cx 6/95 |
T3-ATI | 1 | ?/97 | Harbin Y-12 | 0077 | (op Air Kiribati) current |
T3-ATJ | 1 | 6/01 | CASA 212 | 356 | ex PNC-238 (Colombia Police)/CA-11 (Colombia Police)/N389FL/N104CA (op Air Kiribati) to N356WJ cx 11/13 retd to Kiribati 10/17 reg status uncertain see below |
T3-ATR | 1 | 3/04 | ATR-72 | 456 | ex F-WQNE/F-OHJA/F-WWLN (op Air Kiribati) to HL5229 cx 7/05 |
T3-AKA | 1 | 11/17 | DHC8-106 | 388 | ex C-FRXH/VH-QQL/N825EX/C-GHRI (op Air Kiribati) current |
T3-AKB | 1 | 9/22 | DHC6-400 | 859 | ex VH-EVQ/F-OVEA/P2-IRN/P2-BFW/C-GVAQ (op Air Kiribati) current |
T3-AKJ | 1 | 8/13 | DHC6-300 | 647 | ex N360CM/TG-JCA/N300WH/VH-XFC/N205CA (owned Bank of Utah Trustee op Air Kiribati) current (not current 8/21?) |
T3-AKN | 1 | 7/19 | DHC6-300 | 573 | ex P2-KSM/N573SA/N41991/CF-MUS/ZK-TFS/N662MA (op Air Kiribati) current |
T3-AKR | 1 | 5/22 | DHC6-300 | 703 | ex H4-FSI/P2-KSW/P2-MCX/(ZS-OUL)/(F-OIAV)/YJ-RV8/F-ODGL/G-MAIL/(G-BHTO) (op Air Kiribati) to cx 5/22 |
T3-JMR | 1 | 3/09 | BN2A-21 Islander | 494 | ex VH-SQS/G-BEGC/RP-C-2153 (op Coral Sun) to VH-WQA cx 4/11 |
T3-JMR | 2 | 5/15 | Be 200 Kingair | BB-83 | ex N283KA/RP-C711 (op Coral Sun from 3/15) (to Tauranga, NZ for mtce 10/15 retd to Tarawa 4/16) current |
T3-VAL | 1 | 5/91 | B737-214 | 20158 | ex N460AC/N4264Y/ZK-NAL/N985PS (op Air Tungaru) to N460AC 1/93 |
T3-VIN | 1 | 5/09 | BN2B-26 Islander | 2154 | ex VH-YIE/JA5281/N667J/G-BKEI (op Coral Sun) to H4-AAJ cx 4/11 |
T3-WDP | 1 | 3/16 | PA23-250F | 27-8054025 | ex ZK-WDP/T3-64Z/N2364Z (op Jeff Jong/Coral Sun) current |
T3-64Z | 1 | 6/10 | PA23-250F | 27-8054025 | ex N2364Z (op Jeff Jong/Coral Sun)(to Tauranga, NZ 4/13 for long mtce) to ZK-WDP cx 9/14 (lsd Coral Sun 3/15) to T3-WDP cx 3/16 |
T3-?? | res 4/14 | DHC6-300 | 831 | ex N831WJ/5N-BLJ/VH-VHM/PK-LTY/B-3512/VR-BJP/C-GDNG (owned Bank of Utah Trustee op Air Kiribati - planned for dely c5/14 but not del due to corrosion on trade-in T3-ATC) instead sold 9/16 as C-GKVN | |
T3-?? | 10/17 | CASA C-212 Aviocar | 356 | ex N356WJ/T3-ATJ/PNC-238 (Colombia Police)/CA-11 (Colombia Police)/N389FL/N104CA Air Kiribati current (maybe reverted to T3-ATJ?) | |
N98WA | 2/98 | PA23-250C | 27-3671 | ex H4-WPA/YJ-RV10/H4-AAX/VH-EKT/N6446Y reported at Tarawa 7/13 reg expired cx 10/14 | |
ZK-PIW | 9/93 | Pa23-250E | 27-7305089 | ex VH-RCI/N40274 (leased to Coral Sun from 4/13 maintenance cover for T3-64Z returned to NZ 3/15) | |
ZK-WDP | 3/15 | Pa23-250F | 27-8054025 | ex T3-64Z/N2364Z (leased to Coral Sun from 3/15) to T3-WDP 3/16 | |
H4-OTA | 10/13 | DHC6-300 | 280 | (lsd from Solomons ?/21 retd 11/21) current | |
VH-IKJ | 2/20 | Embraer ERJ-190-300STD | 19020029 | ex PR-EHT (op Pionair for Air Kiribati) (covid l/u rts 12/22 op by Pionair in Aus) | |
?? | 1/21 | Embraer ERJ-190-300STD | 19020036 | ex PR-ECV (op Pionair for Air Kiribati) n.t.u. instead to Helvetic as HB-AZG |
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