# Nouméa Magenta Airport (GEA / NWWM)

**Nouméa Magenta Airport** (IATA: GEA, ICAO: NWWM) is a medium airport in Nouméa, Province Sud, New Caledonia. It has one runway, 1,250 m (4,101 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 381 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GEA / NWWM
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Nouméa, Province Sud, New Caledonia
- Elevation: 3 m / 10 ft
- Coordinates: -22.2577, 166.4728
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,250 m / 4,101 ft
- Passengers: 380,557 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+11 · Pacific/Noumea
- Website: http://www.cci.nc/aeroports/aerodrome-de-magenta
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noum%C3%A9a_Magenta_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q656777
- Weather station: NWWM
- Ident: NWWM

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 1,250 m / 4,101 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 179° / 359° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 348,337 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 392,491 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 400,295 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 434,803 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 439,099 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 432,810 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 430,692 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 454,540 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 472,719 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 338,999 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 272,454 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 380,557 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [UVE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nwwv.md) Ouvéa Airport · New Caledonia · 180 km / 112 mi · Air Loyauté
- [LIF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nwwl.md) Lifou Airport · New Caledonia · 183 km / 114 mi · Air Loyauté
- [MEE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nwwr.md) Maré Airport · New Caledonia · 183 km / 114 mi · Air Loyauté
- [TGJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nwwa.md) Tiga Airport · New Caledonia · 189 km / 117 mi · Air Loyauté

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (2)

- RL [Air Loyauté](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-loyaute) · 4
- TY [Air Calédonie](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-caledonie)

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 381K (2022) | #1,235 of 3,974 | #38 in Oceania | #1 in NC |
| Longest runway | 1,250 m / 4,101 ft | =9,255 of 29,858 | =699 in Oceania | #2 in NC |
| Elevation | 3 m / 10 ft | =42,364 of 43,403 | =2,147 in Oceania | =16 in NC |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =1 in NC |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 124.300 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.600 |
| MISC | VDF | 124.300 |
| TWR | TWR | 124.300 |
| SUPP | Suppletive | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [NC-0002](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc-0002.md) Nakutakoin Ultralight Airport · 11 km / 6.6 mi
- [NOU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nwww.md) La Tontouta International Airport · 38 km / 24 mi
- [NC-0005](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc-0005.md) Ouinne Private Airport · 38 km / 24 mi
- [NC-0001](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc-0001.md) Île Hugon Airstrip · 51 km / 32 mi
- [NWWT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nwwt.md) Oua Tom Airport · 80 km / 50 mi
- [NWWX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc-0006.md) Canala Airport · 97 km / 60 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: “Nouméa Magenta Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nouméa_Magenta_Airport&oldid=1369973841), revision of 18 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/nwwm/data