La Tontouta International Airport

Coordinates: 22°00′59″S 166°12′58″E / 22.01639°S 166.21611°E / -22.01639; 166.21611
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Tontouta International Airport

Aéroport de Nouméa - La Tontouta
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorNew Caledonia Chamber of Commerce & Industry
ServesNouméa
LocationPaïta, New Caledonia
Elevation AMSL52 ft / 16 m
Coordinates22°00′59″S 166°12′58″E / 22.01639°S 166.21611°E / -22.01639; 166.21611
Websitewww.tontouta-aeroport.nc
Map
NOU is located in New Caledonia
NOU
NOU
Location of airport in New Caledonia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 3,250 10,663 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers479,843
Passenger traffic changeIncrease 0.8%
Source : Aeroport.fr[1]

La Tontouta International Airport or Nouméa – La Tontouta International Airport (French: Aéroport de Nouméa - La Tontouta; IATA: NOU, ICAO: NWWW) is the main international airport on New Caledonia. The airport is in the municipality of Païta, approximately 52 km (32 mi) northwest of Nouméa, the nearest large city. In 2006, 415,813 passengers used the airport.[2]

History

World War II

United States Army Air Forces units based here included:

Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress of the 11th Bomb Group, 43d Bomb Squadron at Tontouta in August 1942

United States Marine Corps units based here included:

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Air New Zealand Auckland
Air Vanuatu Luganville, Port Vila
Aircalin Auckland, Brisbane, Melbourne, Nadi, Osaka-Kansai, Papeete, Port Vila, Sydney, Tokyo-Narita, Wallis Island
Qantas Brisbane, Sydney

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
DHL Aviation Auckland

See also

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  1. ^ "Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2014" (PDF). aeroport.fr. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Annual statistics".

External links

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