# Southwest Bay Airport (SWJ / NVSX)

**Southwest Bay Airport** (IATA: SWJ, ICAO: NVSX) is a small airport in Malekula Island, Malampa, Vanuatu. It has one runway, 815 m (2,674 ft) long, grass.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SWJ / NVSX
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Malekula Island, Malampa, Vanuatu
- Elevation: 21 m / 68 ft
- Coordinates: -16.4864, 167.4472
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 815 m / 2,674 ft
- Time zone: UTC+11 · Pacific/Efate
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_West_Bay_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7568834
- Weather station: NVSL · WMO 91555
- Ident: NVSX

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 815 m / 2,674 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 815 m / 2,674 ft | =18,569 of 29,858 | =1,638 in Oceania | =15 in VU |
| Elevation | 21 m / 68 ft | =38,283 of 43,403 | #1,691 in Oceania | #18 in VU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =2 in VU |

## Nearby airports

- [LPM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsl.md) Lamap Airport · 41 km / 25 mi
- [NUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsp.md) Norsup Airport · 45 km / 28 mi
- [CCV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsf.md) Craig Cove Airport · 57 km / 35 mi
- [LNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsm.md) Lamen Bay Airport · 77 km / 48 mi
- [PBJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsi.md) Tavie Airport · 84 km / 52 mi
- [VLS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsv.md) Valesdir Airport · 85 km / 53 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)
- [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/nvsx/data