# Santo Pekoa International Airport (SON / NVSS)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SON / NVSS
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: United States Army Air Forces
- Serves: Luganville, Sanma, Vanuatu
- Opened: 1942
- Elevation: 56 m / 184 ft
- Coordinates: -15.5050, 167.2200
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,988 m / 6,523 ft
- Time zone: UTC+11 · Pacific/Efate
- Website: http://www.airports.vu/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santo_International_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2580525
- Weather station: NVSS · WMO 91554
- Ident: NVSS

## Timeline

- 1942: Santo Pekoa International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 1,988 m / 6,523 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 129° / 309° | yes |

- 12/30 slopes 1.1%: threshold 30 at 34 m / 113 ft, threshold 12 at 56 m / 184 ft.

## Routes

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

### Year-round (10)

- [WLH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsw.md) Walaha Airport · Vanuatu · 52 km / 32 mi · Air Vanuatu
- [NUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsp.md) Norsup Airport · Vanuatu · 67 km / 42 mi · Air Vanuatu
- [LOD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsg.md) Longana Airport · Vanuatu · 83 km / 52 mi · Air Vanuatu
- [SSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsh.md) Sara Airport · Vanuatu · 100 km / 62 mi · Air Vanuatu
- [MWF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsn.md) Maewo-Naone Airport · Vanuatu · 108 km / 67 mi · Air Vanuatu
- [LNE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvso.md) Lonorore Airport · Vanuatu · 110 km / 68 mi · Air Vanuatu
- [ZGU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsq.md) Gaua Island Airport · Vanuatu · 148 km / 92 mi · Air Vanuatu
- [SLH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsc.md) Sola Airport · Vanuatu · 187 km / 116 mi · Air Vanuatu
- [MTV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsa.md) Mota Lava Airport · Vanuatu · 211 km / 131 mi · Air Vanuatu
- [VLI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvvv.md) Bauerfield International Airport · Vanuatu · 271 km / 168 mi · Air Vanuatu

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- NF [Air Vanuatu](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-vanuatu) · 10

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,988 m / 6,523 ft | #4,037 of 29,858 | #135 in Oceania | #2 in VU |
| Elevation | 56 m / 184 ft | =34,366 of 43,403 | =1,329 in Oceania | #7 in VU |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =47 in Oceania |  |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =2 in VU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.100 |
| FSS | PORT VILA FLT SVC | 655.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [WLH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsw.md) Walaha Airport · 52 km / 32 mi
- [RCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsr.md) Redcliffe Airport · 66 km / 41 mi
- [NUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsp.md) Norsup Airport · 67 km / 41 mi
- [LOD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsg.md) Longana Airport · 83 km / 52 mi
- [OLJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsz.md) North West Santo Airport · 99 km / 62 mi
- [SSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsh.md) Sara Airport · 100 km / 62 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: “Santo International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_International_Airport&oldid=1365306904), revision of 21 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/nvss/data