La Tontouta International Airport

Tontouta International Airport Aéroport de Nouméa - La Tontouta
IATA: NOU – ICAO: NWWW NOU Location of airport in New Caledonia
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	New Caledonia Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Location	Païta, New Caledonia
Elevation AMSL	52 ft / 16 m
Coordinates
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 11/29 10,663 3,250 Asphalt

La Tontouta International Airport or Nouméa - La Tontouta International Airport (French: Aéroport de Nouméa - La Tontouta) (IATA: NOU, ICAO: NWWW) is the main international airport on New Caledonia. The airport is in the municipality of Païta, approximately 52 km (32 mi) northwest of Nouméa, the nearest large city. In 2006, 415,813 passengers used the airport.

History

World War II

USAAF units based here included:

• 64th Troop Carrier Squadron operating C-47s in 1943.
• 67th Fighter Squadron operating P-39s from 17 March 1942 – 24 April 1943

Boeing B-17E #41-2426 of 11th Bomb Group, 43d Bomb Squadron at Tontouta in August 1942

USMC units based here included:

• VMF-212 operating F4Fs
• VMO-251 operating F4Fs from June–August 1942

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Air New Zealand	Auckland
Air Vanuatu	Port Vila
Aircalin	Auckland, Brisbane, Melbourne, Nadi, Osaka-Kansai, Papeete, Port Vila, Sydney, Tokyo-Narita, Wallis Island
Qantas	Brisbane, Sydney

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
DHL Aviation	Auckland

See also

• Nouméa Magenta Airport, the domestic airport for Nouméa.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Aéroport international de Nouméa - La Tontouta (official website) (French)
• French Aeronautical Information Publication for NWWW (PDF) - NOUMÉA LA TONTOUTA
• Aéroport de Nouméa - La Tontouta at L'Union des Aéroports Français (French)