# La Tontouta International Airport (NOU / NWWW) **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. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nwww ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: NOU / NWWW - Type: Large airport - Serves: Nouméa (La Tontouta), Province Sud, New Caledonia - Opened: 1941 - Elevation: 16 m / 52 ft - Coordinates: -22.0146, 166.2130 - Runways: 1 - Longest runway: 3,250 m / 10,663 ft - Passengers: 320,333 (2022) - Time zone: UTC+11 · Pacific/Noumea - Website: https://www.aeroports.cci.nc/fr/tontouta - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Tontouta_International_Airport (22 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q892783 - Weather station: NWWW · WMO 91590 - Ident: NWWW ## Timeline - 1941: La Tontouta International Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 11/29 | 3,250 m / 10,663 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 121° / 301° | yes | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2011 | 492,830 | Wikidata | | 2012 | 486,559 | Wikidata | | 2013 | 476,662 | Wikidata | | 2014 | 479,910 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 497,718 | Wikidata | | 2016 | 514,444 | Wikidata | | 2017 | 529,450 | Wikidata | | 2018 | 538,791 | Wikidata | | 2019 | 569,901 | Wikidata | | 2020 | 166,198 | Wikidata | | 2021 | 53,608 | Wikidata | | 2022 | 320,333 | Wikidata | ## Routes 14 destinations in 10 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (14) - [ILP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nwwe.md) Île des Pins Airport · New Caledonia · 143 km / 89 mi · Air Calédonie - [UVE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nwwv.md) Ouvéa Airport · New Caledonia · 157 km / 98 mi · Air Calédonie - [LIF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nwwl.md) Lifou Airport · New Caledonia · 174 km / 108 mi · Air Calédonie - [MEE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nwwr.md) Maré Airport · New Caledonia · 198 km / 123 mi · Air Calédonie - [VLI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvvv.md) Bauerfield International Airport · Vanuatu · 528 km / 328 mi · Air Calédonie, Aircalin - [NAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nffn.md) Nadi International Airport · Fiji · 1,265 km / 786 mi · Fiji Airways, Aircalin - [BNE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybbn.md) Brisbane International Airport · Australia · 1,450 km / 901 mi · QantasLink, Aircalin - [AKL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzaa.md) Auckland International Airport · New Zealand · 1,860 km / 1,156 mi · Aircalin - [SYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yssy.md) Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport · Australia · 1,981 km / 1,231 mi · Qantas Airways, Aircalin - [WLS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nlww.md) Hihifo Airport · Wallis & Futuna · 2,101 km / 1,306 mi · Aircalin - [PPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ntaa.md) Fa'a'ā International Airport · French Polynesia · 4,634 km / 2,879 mi · Aircalin - [SIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wsss.md) Singapore Changi Airport · Singapore · 7,224 km / 4,489 mi · Aircalin - [BKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbs.md) Suvarnabhumi Airport · Thailand · 8,164 km / 5,073 mi · Aircalin - [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 16,685 km / 10,368 mi · Aircalin ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from NOU, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Hub airlines (1) - SB [Aircalin](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aircalin) · 10 ### Passenger (4) - TY [Air Calédonie](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-caledonie) · 5 - FJ [Fiji Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fiji-airways) · 1 - QF [Qantas Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantas-airways) · 1 - QF [QantasLink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantaslink) · 1 ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 320K (2022) | #1,308 of 3,974 | #46 in Oceania | #2 in NC | | Longest runway | 3,250 m / 10,663 ft | =762 of 29,858 | #17 in Oceania | #1 in NC | | Elevation | 16 m / 52 ft | =39,086 of 43,403 | =1,769 in Oceania | #9 in NC | | Age | Opened 1941 | =1,548 of 15,079 | =42 in Oceania | | | Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =1 in NC | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | APP | TONTOUTA APP | 119.700 | | GND | GND | 121.700 | | INFO | TONTOUTA INFO | 128.200 | | MISC | VDF | 118.100 | | TWR | TONTOUTA TWR | 118.100 | ## Nearby airports - [NC-0001](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc-0001.md) Île Hugon Airstrip · 19 km / 12 mi - [NC-0002](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc-0002.md) Nakutakoin Ultralight Airport · 28 km / 18 mi - [GEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nwwm.md) Nouméa Magenta Airport · 38 km / 24 mi - [NWWT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nwwt.md) Oua Tom Airport · 42 km / 26 mi - [NC-0005](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc-0005.md) Ouinne Private Airport · 48 km / 30 mi - [NWWX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc-0006.md) Canala Airport · 60 km / 37 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: “La Tontouta International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La_Tontouta_International_Airport&oldid=1376138553), revision of 22 Sep 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/nwww/data