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unusual facts about Pago Pago



Cyclone Nancy

Later that day, the Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre (RSMC) in Nadi, Fiji upgraded the system to a Category 1 cyclone and gave it the name Nancy while it was located about 485 km (300 mi) east-northeast of Pago Pago, American Samoa.

Inter Island Airways

Inter Island Airways received its air carrier certificate in September 1995 and began providing domestic passenger and cargo air service between Pago Pago (Tutuila Island), and Tau (in the Manu'a Islands).

Mark Slackmeyer

The two are united in a ceremony in Pago Pago, American Samoa by MacArthur, one-time assistant to then-Governor Duke.

Our Airline

Air Nauru once had a remarkably comprehensive network in the Asia-Pacific, with service to Hong Kong, Kagoshima, Taipei, Okinawa, Singapore, Guam, Saipan, Koror, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Majuro, Tarawa, Honolulu, Honiara, Port Vila, Noumea, Apia, Pago Pago, Nadi, Tonga, Kanton Island, Niue, Raratonga, Auckland, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Christmas Island.

Sadie Thompson Building

The Sadie Thompson Building, on the main road in Malaloa, on the outskirts of Pago Pago, in American Samoa, has significance from 1916, when author W. Somerset Maugham stayed there for six weeks.

Skagway, Alaska

In the Three Stooges short In the Sweet Pie and Pie, Skagway receives a humorous mention: "Edam Neckties, with three convenient locations: Skagway, Alaska; Little America; and Pago Pago."


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John Quinn Weitzel

The new Diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago was created in 1982 from territory carved from the Diocese of Samoa and Tokelau.

KKHJ

KKHJ-FM, a radio station (93.1 FM) licensed to Pago Pago, American Samoa

KKHJ-LP, a low-power television station (UHF 30) licensed to Pago Pago, American Samoa

KSBS

KSBS-FM, a radio station (92.1 FM) licensed to Pago Pago, American Samoa

Pago Pago International Airport

The astronaut crews of Apollo 10, 12, 13, 14, and 17 were retrieved a few hundred miles from Pago Pago and transported by helicopter to the airport prior to being flown to Honolulu on Lockheed C-141 Starlifter military aircraft.

WVUV

KKHJ-LP, a low-power television station (channel 30) licensed to Pago Pago, American Samoa, which used the call sign WVUV-LP from February 2005 to March 2008