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.

This register is posted as "work in progress". Any corrections or extra information would be welcome. Please e-mail dave.wise@btinternet.com.


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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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