# Lamen Bay Airport (LNB / NVSM)

**Lamen Bay Airport** (IATA: LNB, ICAO: NVSM) is a small airport in Lamen Bay, Shefa, Vanuatu. It has one runway, 850 m (2,789 ft) long, grass.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LNB / NVSM
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Lamen Bay, Shefa, Vanuatu
- Elevation: 2 m / 7 ft
- Coordinates: -16.5842, 168.1590
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 850 m / 2,789 ft
- Time zone: UTC+11 · Pacific/Efate
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamen_Bay_Airport (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6481732
- Weather station: NVSL · WMO 91555
- Ident: NVSM

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 850 m / 2,789 ft | 24 m / 79 ft | Grass |  |  |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [VLI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvvv.md) Bauerfield International Airport · Vanuatu · 125 km / 78 mi · Air Vanuatu

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from LNB, 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 | 850 m / 2,789 ft | =17,917 of 29,858 | =1,595 in Oceania | =10 in VU |
| Elevation | 2 m / 7 ft | =42,809 of 43,403 | =2,213 in Oceania | =27 in VU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =2 in VU |

## Nearby airports

- [PBJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsi.md) Tavie Airport · 19 km / 12 mi
- [VLS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsv.md) Valesdir Airport · 24 km / 15 mi
- [ULB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsu.md) Uléi Airport · 32 km / 20 mi
- [LPM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsl.md) Lamap Airport · 38 km / 23 mi
- [CCV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsf.md) Craig Cove Airport · 43 km / 27 mi
- [TGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvst.md) Tongoa Airport · 54 km / 34 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: “Lamen Bay Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lamen_Bay_Airport&oldid=1363052178), 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/nvsm/data