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Santo Pekoa International Airport

ICAO NVSS15.5050°S 167.2200°E56 m / 184 ftMedium airport
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Santo Pekoa International Airport (IATA: SON, ICAO: NVSS) is a medium airport in Luganville, Sanma, Vanuatu. It opened in 1942. It has one runway, 1,988 m (6,523 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by United States Army Air Forces.

Timeline

1 event · 1942–1942
1942
OpenedSanto Pekoa International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Pekoa International Airport
12/30129° / 309° · LIT · SLOPE 1.1%
LENGTH1,988 m6,523 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

10 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SON. From the Wikipedia article “Santo International Airport” (revision of 21 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,988 m6,523 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#4,037of 29,823 · #135 Oceania · #2 VUElevation56 m184 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=34,311of 43,341 · =1,317 Oceania · #7 VUAgeOpened 19422026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,791of 15,079 · =47 OceaniaRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =526 Oceania · =2 VU
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
CTAFCTAF118.100
FSSPORT VILA FLT SVC655.300