# Walaha Airport (WLH / NVSW)

**Walaha Airport** (IATA: WLH, ICAO: NVSW) is a small airport in Walaha, Penama, Vanuatu. It has one runway, 725 m (2,379 ft) long, grass.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WLH / NVSW
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Walaha, Penama, Vanuatu
- Elevation: 46 m / 151 ft
- Coordinates: -15.4120, 167.6910
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 725 m / 2,379 ft
- Time zone: UTC+11 · Pacific/Efate
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walaha_Airport (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7961255
- Weather station: NVSG
- Ident: NVSW

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 725 m / 2,379 ft | 35 m / 115 ft | Grass |  |  |

## 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 · 52 km / 32 mi · Air Vanuatu
- [VLI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvvv.md) Bauerfield International Airport · Vanuatu · 263 km / 163 mi · Air Vanuatu

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from WLH, 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 | 725 m / 2,379 ft | =21,847 of 29,858 | =1,762 in Oceania | #20 in VU |
| Elevation | 46 m / 151 ft | =35,226 of 43,403 | =1,413 in Oceania | #10 in VU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =2 in VU |

## Nearby airports

- [RCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsr.md) Redcliffe Airport · 17 km / 10 mi
- [LOD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsg.md) Longana Airport · 32 km / 20 mi
- [SSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsh.md) Sara Airport · 50 km / 31 mi
- [SON](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvss.md) Santo Pekoa International Airport · 52 km / 32 mi
- [MWF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsn.md) Maewo-Naone Airport · 62 km / 39 mi
- [LNE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvso.md) Lonorore Airport · 72 km / 45 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: “Walaha Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Walaha_Airport&oldid=1363086881), 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/nvsw/data