La Tontouta International Airport
| Tontouta International Airport Aéroport de Nouméa - La Tontouta | |||||||||||
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| IATA: NOU – ICAO: NWWW | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | New Caledonia Chamber of Commerce & Industry | ||||||||||
| Serves | Nouméa | ||||||||||
| Location | Païta, New Caledonia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 52 ft / 16 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°00′59″S 166°12′58″E / 22.01639°S 166.21611°ECoordinates: 22°00′59″S 166°12′58″E / 22.01639°S 166.21611°E | ||||||||||
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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:
- 64th Troop Carrier Squadron operating Douglas C-47 Skytrains in 1943.
- 67th Fighter Squadron operating Bell P-39 Airacobras from 17 March 1942 – 24 April 1943
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:
- VMF-212 operating Grumman F4F Wildcats
- VMO-251 operating Grumman F4F Wildcats from June–August 1942
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| 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
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| DHL Aviation | Auckland |
See also
- Nouméa Magenta Airport, the domestic airport for Nouméa.
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
- ↑ "Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2014" (PDF). aeroport.fr. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ↑ "Annual statistics".
External links
Media related to La Tontouta International Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Aéroport international de Nouméa - La Tontouta (official website) (French)
- French Aeronautical Information Publication for NWWW (PDF) – NOUMÉA LA TONTOUTA
- Aéroport de Nouméa - La Tontouta at L'Union des Aéroports Français (French)
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