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La Tontouta International Airport

ICAO NWWW22.0146°S 166.2130°E16 m / 52 ftLarge airport
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La Tontouta International Airport (IATA: NOU, ICAO: NWWW) is a large airport in Nouméa (La Tontouta), Province Sud, New Caledonia. It opened in 1941. It has one runway, 3,250 m (10,663 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 320 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1941–1941
1941
OpenedLa Tontouta International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Aéroport de Nouméa - La Tontouta
11/29121° / 301° · LIT
LENGTH3,250 m10,663 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022
493K
487K
477K
480K
498K
514K
529K
539K
570K
166K
54K
320K
111213141516171819202122

Routes

14 destinations · 10 countries
5,000 km10,000 km15,000 km2,500 mi5,000 mi7,500 mi10,000 miILP · Île des Pins Airport · 143 km / 89 miUVE · Ouvéa Airport · 157 km / 98 miLIF · Lifou Airport · 174 km / 108 miMEE · Maré Airport · 198 km / 123 miVLI · Bauerfield International Airport · 528 km / 328 miNAN · Nadi International Airport · 1,265 km / 786 miBNE · Brisbane International Airport · 1,450 km / 901 miAKL · Auckland International Airport · 1,860 km / 1,156 miSYD · Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport · 1,981 km / 1,231 miWLS · Hihifo Airport · 2,101 km / 1,306 miPPT · Fa'a'ā International Airport · 4,634 km / 2,879 miSIN · Singapore Changi Airport · 7,224 km / 4,489 miBKK · Suvarnabhumi Airport · 8,164 km / 5,073 miCDG · Charles de Gaulle International Airport · 16,685 km / 10,368 miCDGBKKSINPPTWLSSYDAKLBNENANVLIMEEILPNOU
Year-round14
ILPÎle des Pins AirportNew Caledonia · Air Calédonie143 km89 miUVEOuvéa AirportNew Caledonia · Air Calédonie157 km98 miLIFLifou AirportNew Caledonia · Air Calédonie174 km108 miMEEMaré AirportNew Caledonia · Air Calédonie198 km123 miVLIBauerfield International AirportVanuatu · Air Calédonie, Aircalin528 km328 miNANNadi International AirportFiji · Fiji Airways, Aircalin1,265 km786 miBNEBrisbane International AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Aircalin1,450 km901 miAKLAuckland International AirportNew Zealand · Aircalin1,860 km1,156 miSYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways, Aircalin1,981 km1,231 miWLSHihifo AirportWallis & Futuna · Aircalin2,101 km1,306 miPPTFa'a'ā International AirportFrench Polynesia · Aircalin4,634 km2,879 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · Aircalin7,224 km4,489 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · Aircalin8,164 km5,073 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Aircalin16,685 km10,368 mi
Most destinationsAircalin 10Air Calédonie 5Fiji Airways 1QantasLink 1Qantas Airways 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from NOU. From the Wikipedia article “La Tontouta International Airport” (revision of 22 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers320K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,308of 3,974 · #46 Oceania · #2 NCLongest runway3,250 m10,663 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=763of 29,823 · #17 Oceania · #1 NCElevation16 m52 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=39,027of 43,341 · =1,753 Oceania · #9 NCAgeOpened 19412026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,548of 15,079 · =42 OceaniaRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =526 Oceania · =1 NC
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
APPTONTOUTA APP119.700
GNDGND121.700
INFOTONTOUTA INFO128.200
MISCVDF118.100
TWRTONTOUTA TWR118.100