Aéroport de Futuna - Pointe-Vele Pointe Vele Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Vele (Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna, France) | ||||||||||
| Location | Pointe Vele | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 20 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 14°18′41″S 178°03′58″W / 14.31139°S 178.06611°W | ||||||||||
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  FUT Location of airport in Futuna | |||||||||||
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Map of Hoorn Islands (Futuna and Alofi) showing airport location
Pointe Vele Airport (IATA: FUT, ICAO: NLWF) is an airport serving Futuna Island in the French overseas territory of Wallis and Futuna.[1] The airport is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Leava.[1]
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 20 feet (6 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 07/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,100 by 25 metres (3,609 ft × 82 ft).[1]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Aircalin | Wallis Island (ends 31 December 2023)[3] |
| Air Loyauté | Wallis Island (begins 1 January 2024)[3] |
Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at FUT airport.
See Wikidata query.
Temperature record
On 10 January 2016, the weather station at the airport recorded a temperature of 35.8 °C (96.4 °F), which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Wallis and Futuna.[4]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 NLWF – FUTUNA POINTE VELE. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 28 December 2023.
- ↑ Airport information for Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna Islands - Pointe Vele (NLWF / FUT) at Great Circle Mapper.
- 1 2 "Air Loyauté récupère la desserte aérienne entre Wallis et Futuna". Nouvelle-Calédonie la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ↑ Masters, Jeff; Henson, Bob (18 January 2017). "Confirmed: 2016 the Warmest Year in History of Global Recordkeeping". Wunderground. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
External links
- NLWF – FUTUNA POINTE VELE. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 28 December 2023.
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