# Gaua Island Airport (ZGU / NVSQ)

**Gaua Island Airport** (IATA: ZGU, ICAO: NVSQ) is a medium airport in Gaua Island, Torba, Vanuatu. It has one runway, 854 m (2,802 ft) long, grass.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ZGU / NVSQ
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Gaua Island, Torba, Vanuatu
- Elevation: 31 m / 100 ft
- Coordinates: -14.2181, 167.5870
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 854 m / 2,802 ft
- Time zone: UTC+11 · Pacific/Efate
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaua_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3274812
- Weather station: NVSC · WMO 91551
- Ident: NVSQ

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 854 m / 2,802 ft | 18 m / 59 ft | Grass |  |  |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [MTV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsa.md) Mota Lava Airport · Vanuatu · 63 km / 39 mi · Air Vanuatu
- [SON](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvss.md) Santo Pekoa International Airport · Vanuatu · 148 km / 92 mi · Air Vanuatu

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ZGU, 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 | 854 m / 2,802 ft | =17,684 of 29,858 | =1,586 in Oceania | #9 in VU |
| Elevation | 31 m / 100 ft | =36,830 of 43,403 | =1,553 in Oceania | #11 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 · 41 km / 26 mi
- [MTV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsa.md) Mota Lava Airport · 63 km / 39 mi
- [MWF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsn.md) Maewo-Naone Airport · 102 km / 63 mi
- [LOD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsg.md) Longana Airport · 128 km / 79 mi
- [OLJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsz.md) North West Santo Airport · 133 km / 83 mi
- [WLH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsw.md) Walaha Airport · 133 km / 83 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: “Gaua Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gaua_Airport&oldid=1363038870), 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/nvsq/data