# Mota Lava Airport (MTV / NVSA)

**Mota Lava Airport** (IATA: MTV, ICAO: NVSA) is a small airport in Ablow, Torba, Vanuatu. It has one runway, 900 m (2,953 ft) long, gravel.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MTV / NVSA
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Ablow, Torba, Vanuatu
- Elevation: 19 m / 63 ft
- Coordinates: -13.6660, 167.7120
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 900 m / 2,953 ft
- Time zone: UTC+11 · Pacific/Efate
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mota_Lava_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3886807
- Weather station: NVSC · WMO 91551
- Ident: NVSA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 900 m / 2,953 ft | 25 m / 82 ft | Gravel |  |  |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [SON](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvss.md) Santo Pekoa International Airport · Vanuatu · 211 km / 131 mi · Air Vanuatu

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- NF [Air Vanuatu](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-vanuatu) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 900 m / 2,953 ft | =16,639 of 29,858 | =1,484 in Oceania | =6 in VU |
| Elevation | 19 m / 63 ft | =38,559 of 43,403 | =1,706 in Oceania | #19 in VU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =2 in VU |

## Nearby airports

- [SLH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsc.md) Sola Airport · 28 km / 17 mi
- [ZGU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsq.md) Gaua Island Airport · 63 km / 39 mi
- [TOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsd.md) Torres Airstrip · 122 km / 76 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: “Mota Lava Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mota_Lava_Airport&oldid=1363061051), revision of 7 Jul 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/nvsa/data