Location from Avatar: The Last Airbender by Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko
A small island in Yue Bay near Republic City — Tenzin's home and the last sanctuary of Air Nomad culture, where Korra begins her airbending training.
Air Temple Island is where the Air Nomad flame was kept alive. Built by Avatar Aang in Yue Bay, it serves as both Tenzin's family home and a cultural preservation site maintained by Air Acolytes — nonbenders who adopted Air Nomad philosophy and lifestyle. For Korra, the island represents everything that frustrates her about airbending: patience, restraint, spiritual discipline — the opposite of her brash personality. The spinning gates training exercise becomes her nemesis. Despite its peaceful exterior, the island sees its share of conflict: Equalist attacks, family drama between Tenzin's children, and the weight of being responsible for an entire culture's survival. Tenzin, his wife Pema, and their four children (Jinora, Ikki, Meelo, and baby Rohan) make it feel alive in a way the empty historical Air Temples cannot. Lemurs chatter in the eaves and sky bison grumble in the stables.
A green, peaceful island with traditional Air Nomad architecture: blue-roofed pagodas, meditation pavilions, and training grounds. Sky bison graze in open fields. A pier connects the island to Republic City ferry service. The main house is warm and lived-in, full of Tenzin's family. Air Acolytes in orange robes tend the grounds. The spinning gates training apparatus whirls in the courtyard.
Also known as: the island, Tenzin's island