# Sara Airport (SSR / NVSH)

**Sara Airport** (IATA: SSR, ICAO: NVSH) is a small airport in Pentecost Island, Penama, Vanuatu. It has one runway, 600 m (1,969 ft) long, gravel.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SSR / NVSH
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Pentecost Island, Penama, Vanuatu
- Elevation: 150 m / 493 ft
- Coordinates: -15.4708, 168.1520
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 600 m / 1,969 ft
- Time zone: UTC+11 · Pacific/Efate
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Airport (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7421546
- Weather station: NVSG
- Ident: NVSH

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 600 m / 1,969 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Gravel |  |  |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [SON](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvss.md) Santo Pekoa International Airport · Vanuatu · 100 km / 62 mi · Air Vanuatu
- [VLI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvvv.md) Bauerfield International Airport · Vanuatu · 248 km / 154 mi · Air Vanuatu

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- NF [Air Vanuatu](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-vanuatu) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 600 m / 1,969 ft | =25,056 of 29,858 | =1,899 in Oceania | #28 in VU |
| Elevation | 150 m / 493 ft | =27,224 of 43,403 | =919 in Oceania | #3 in VU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =2 in VU |

## Nearby airports

- [LOD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsg.md) Longana Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [RCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsr.md) Redcliffe Airport · 34 km / 21 mi
- [LNE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvso.md) Lonorore Airport · 44 km / 27 mi
- [WLH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsw.md) Walaha Airport · 50 km / 31 mi
- [MWF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsn.md) Maewo-Naone Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [CCV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsf.md) Craig Cove Airport · 92 km / 57 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: “Sara Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sara_Airport&oldid=1363077433), 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/nvsh/data