Bauerfield International Airport

ICAO NVVV17.6993°S 168.3200°E21 m / 70 ftLarge airport

Bauerfield International Airport (IATA: VLI, ICAO: NVVV) is a large airport in Port Vila, Shefa, Vanuatu. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,600 m (8,530 ft).

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

11/29118° / 298° · LIT

LENGTH2,600 m8,530 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

11R/29L118° / 298°

LENGTH1,009 m3,310 ftWIDTH32 m105 ftSURFACEGrass

Routes

4 destinations · 3 countries

Year-round4

NOULa Tontouta International AirportNew Caledonia · Aircalin528 km328 mi BNEBrisbane International AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia1,894 km1,177 mi POMPort Moresby Jacksons International AirportPapua New Guinea · Air Niugini2,456 km1,526 mi SYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · Jetstar Airways2,484 km1,543 mi

Most destinationsAircalin 1Qantas Airways 1Virgin Australia 1Air Niugini 1Jetstar Airways 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from VLI. From the Wikipedia article “Bauerfield International Airport” (revision of 4 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Longest runway2,600 m8,530 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,041of 29,823 · #41 Oceania · #1 VU Elevation21 m70 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=38,104of 43,341 · =1,664 Oceania · #14 VU Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =62 Oceania · #1 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

5 channels

AFISFLT SVC120.700

AFISFLT SVC1133.900

CTAFCTAF120.700

TWRTWR120.700

TWRTWR1133.900