# Whitegrass Airport (TAH / NVVW)

**Whitegrass Airport** (IATA: TAH, ICAO: NVVW) is a medium airport in Tanna Island, Tafea, Vanuatu. It has one runway, 1,230 m (4,035 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TAH / NVVW
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Tanna Island, Tafea, Vanuatu
- Elevation: 6 m / 19 ft
- Coordinates: -19.4551, 169.2240
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,230 m / 4,035 ft
- Time zone: UTC+11 · Pacific/Efate
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitegrass_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7995942
- Weather station: NVVW · WMO 91565
- Ident: NVVW

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 1,230 m / 4,035 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 158° / 338° |  |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [AUY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvva.md) Aneityum Airport · Vanuatu · 105 km / 65 mi · Air Vanuatu
- [VLI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvvv.md) Bauerfield International Airport · Vanuatu · 217 km / 135 mi · Air Vanuatu

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from TAH, 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 | 1,230 m / 4,035 ft | =9,442 of 29,858 | =716 in Oceania | #3 in VU |
| Elevation | 6 m / 19 ft | =41,533 of 43,403 | =2,047 in Oceania | #25 in VU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =2 in VU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | VILA FLT SVC | 655.300 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 120.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [NVVK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvvk.md) Lenakel Airport · 7.9 km / 4.9 mi
- [AWD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvvb.md) Aniwa Airport · 47 km / 29 mi
- [IPA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvvi.md) Ipota Airport · 67 km / 42 mi
- [DLY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvvd.md) Dillon's Bay Airport · 80 km / 50 mi
- [AUY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvva.md) Aneityum Airport · 105 km / 65 mi
- [FTA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvvf.md) Futuna Airport · 106 km / 66 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: “Whitegrass Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whitegrass_Airport&oldid=1371390337), revision of 26 Aug 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/nvvw/data