Wallis-Hihifo Airport
| Aérodrome de Wallis-Hihifo | |||
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | NLWW | ||
| IATA code | WLS | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Height above MSL | 24 m (79 ft ) | ||
| Transport links | |||
| Distance from the city center | 5.6 km northwest of Mata-Utu | ||
| Basic data | |||
| operator | SEAC des îles Wallis-et-Futuna | ||
| Terminals | 1 | ||
| Passengers | 45,093 (2016) | ||
| Air freight | 216 t (2016) | ||
| Flight movements |
1,954 (2016) | ||
| Start-and runway | |||
| 08/26 | 2100 m × 45 m asphalt | ||
The Wallis Hihifo Airport ( IATA code WLS , ICAO code NLWW , French Aérodrome de Wallis Hihifo ) is the international airport of the French overseas territory Wallis and Futuna .
The airport is about 5.6 km from the main town of Mata-Utu on the island of ʻUvea . It can be approached by medium- haul aircraft the size of an Airbus A320 or a Boeing 737 . The only airline currently serving the airport is Aircalin from New Caledonia , which operates three flights a week between Wallis and Nouméa in addition to regional traffic to and from Futuna .
The island's own airline Air Corail (WF Aviation) plans to offer international flights from 2020 .
Web links
- AD 2 - Aérodromes: NLWW - Wallis Hihifo. Official airport information in the Aviation Manual (AIP). Available online on the Service de l'Information Aéronautique (SIA) website . The current eAIP Nouvelle Calédonie, Wallis et Futuna is available under “eAIP PAC N” and there under the date under “eAIP en vigueur - Effective date” . There you can find the currently valid data sheet and the charts for the airport (French and English) under “AD 2 - AERODROMES: NLWW WALLIS Hihifo” .
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Direction générale de l'aviation civile (ed.): Bulletin Statistique - Trafic aérien commercial année 2016 . Paris April 2017, 2: Aéroports, p. 18 , 2.2.1 Trafic passagers / fret / poste Outre-Mer (French, online on the website of the French Ministry of the Environment [PDF; 2.7 MB ; accessed on December 4, 2017]).
- ↑ Claude Dorwling-Carter (Eds.): Wallis et Futuna - Rapport annuel 2016 . Institut d'Émission d'Outre-Mer (IEOM), Paris 2017, Chapitre III: Les secteurs d'activité - Section 9: Les transports - 3. Le transport aérien, p. 74–76 (French, online [PDF; 1,2 MB ; accessed on December 4, 2017]).
- ↑ Attack on the monopoly on the South Sea island. AeroTelegraph, July 27, 2019.
