# Quoin Hill Airfield, Quoin Hill, Vanuatu

**Quoin Hill Airfield** was an airport in Quoin Hill, Shefa, Vanuatu. It opened in 1942. It was operated by United States Navy.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vu-0005

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: United States Navy
- Serves: Quoin Hill, Shefa, Vanuatu
- Opened: 1942
- Elevation: 5 m / 16 ft
- Coordinates: -17.5400, 168.4420
- Time zone: UTC+11 · Pacific/Efate
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quoin_Hill_Airfield (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15270701
- Weather station: NVVV · WMO 91557
- Ident: VU-0005

## Timeline

- 1942: Quoin Hill Airfield opens.

## Nearby airports

- [NVVJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvvj.md) Forari Airport · 20 km / 12 mi
- [VLI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvvv.md) Bauerfield International Airport · 22 km / 14 mi
- [EAE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvse.md) Siwo Airport · 51 km / 32 mi
- [TGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvst.md) Tongoa Airport · 73 km / 45 mi
- [VLS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsv.md) Valesdir Airport · 87 km / 54 mi
- [LNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvsm.md) Lamen Bay Airport · 110 km / 69 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)
- [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/vu-0005/data