# Ouvéa Airport (UVE / NWWV)

**Ouvéa Airport** (IATA: UVE, ICAO: NWWV) is a medium airport in Ouvéa, Province des îles Loyauté, New Caledonia. It has one runway, 1,100 m (3,609 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 68 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: UVE / NWWV
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Ouvéa, Province des îles Loyauté, New Caledonia
- Elevation: 7 m / 23 ft
- Coordinates: -20.6409, 166.5730
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,100 m / 3,609 ft
- Passengers: 67,509 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+11 · Pacific/Noumea
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouv%C3%A9a_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7113158
- Weather station: NWWV · WMO 91579
- Ident: NWWV

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 1,100 m / 3,609 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 143° / 323° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 66,814 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 72,616 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 75,952 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 83,451 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 83,075 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 81,777 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 78,498 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 78,393 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 89,993 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 64,572 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 51,687 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 67,509 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [LIF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nwwl.md) Lifou Airport · New Caledonia · 71 km / 44 mi · Air Calédonie, Air Loyauté
- [NOU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nwww.md) La Tontouta International Airport · New Caledonia · 157 km / 98 mi · Air Calédonie
- [GEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nwwm.md) Nouméa Magenta Airport · New Caledonia · 180 km / 112 mi · Air Calédonie, Air Loyauté

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- TY [Air Calédonie](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-caledonie) · 3
- RL [Air Loyauté](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-loyaute) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 68K (2022) | #1,965 of 3,974 | #91 in Oceania | #6 in NC |
| Longest runway | 1,100 m / 3,609 ft | =11,801 of 29,858 | =952 in Oceania | =4 in NC |
| Elevation | 7 m / 23 ft | =41,032 of 43,403 | =1,986 in Oceania | =12 in NC |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =1 in NC |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | INFO | 118.700 |
| INFO | TONTOUTA INFO | 125.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [LIF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nwwl.md) Lifou Airport · 71 km / 44 mi
- [TGJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nwwa.md) Tiga Airport · 138 km / 85 mi
- [TOU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nwwu.md) Touho Airport · 138 km / 86 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: “Ouvéa Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ouvéa_Airport&oldid=1365335165), revision of 21 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/nwwv/data