# Vava'u International Airport (VAV / NFTV)

**Vava'u International Airport** (IATA: VAV, ICAO: NFTV) is a large airport in Vava'u Island, Vava'u, Tonga. It has one runway, 1,705 m (5,593 ft) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nftv

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VAV / NFTV
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Vava'u Island, Vava'u, Tonga
- Elevation: 72 m / 236 ft
- Coordinates: -18.5853, -173.9620
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,705 m / 5,593 ft
- Time zone: UTC+13 · Pacific/Tongatapu
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vava%CA%BBu_International_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2980547
- Weather station: NFTV · WMO 91783
- Ident: NFTV

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 1,705 m / 5,593 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 096° / 276° | yes |

## Routes

2 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [TBU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nftf.md) Fua'amotu International Airport · Tonga · 320 km / 199 mi · Lulutai Airlines

### Seasonal (1)

- [NAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nffn.md) Nadi International Airport · Fiji · 913 km / 567 mi · Fiji Airways

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from VAV, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- FJ [Fiji Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fiji-airways) · 1 · seasonal
- L8 [Lulutai Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lulutai-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,705 m / 5,593 ft | #5,232 of 29,858 | #226 in Oceania | #2 in TO |
| Elevation | 72 m / 236 ft | =33,022 of 43,403 | #1,255 in Oceania | #2 in TO |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =2 in TO |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | FLT SVC | 118.100 |
| FSS | FLT SVC | 322.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [HPA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nftl.md) Lifuka Island Airport · 138 km / 86 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Vavaʻu International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vavaʻu_International_Airport&oldid=1372084005), revision of 30 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nftv/data