Home to Faa'a International Airport (6)
I believe the answer is:
tahiti
(Other definitions for tahiti that I've seen before include "I hit at this exotic island" , "One of the Society Islands" , "Pacific island, Gauguin's home in the 1890s" , "South Pacific island where both Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin spent time" , "Main island of society group, capital Papeete" .)