Nouméa Magenta Airport - Aerodrome

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Nouméa Magenta Airport (French: l'Aéroport de Nouméa Magenta) (IATA: GEA, ICAO: NWWM) is a domestic airport on the main island of New Caledonia. The airport is 3 km (2 mi) east northeast[2] of the centre of Nouméa, the capital, and approximately 50 km (31 mi) from La Tontouta International Airport. In 2017, 428,679 passengers used the airport.

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Nouméa Magenta Airport

l'Aéroport de Nouméa Magenta

IATA: GEA
ICAO: NWWM

Summary

Airport type

Public

Operator

DSEAC Nouvelle-Calédonie

Location

Nouméa

Elevation AMSL

9 ft / 3 m

Coordinates

22°15′30″S 166°28′22″E

Maps

Noumea in New Caledonia

GEA /NWWM

Location of airport in New Caledonia

GEA /NWWM

GEA /NWWM (Oceania)

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
17/35	1,250	4,101	Paved

Statistics (2018)

Passengers	454,540
Passenger traffic change	6.0%

Source : Aeroport.fr[1] AIP[2]

Air Calédonie has its head office on the airport property.[3][4]

History

This section does not cite any sources. (April 2016)

1931: First biplane flight on the beach in Magenta, located on the east coast of Nouméa.
1934: Creation of L'Aéro-club Calédonien.
1942: Arrival of the Poppy Force, a US Army division commanded by General Alexander Patch, making New Caledonia one of the main Pacific airbases for the US Army. A military airfield is built along the beach in Magenta by Seabees of Naval Construction Battalion 11 on the site of a former racetrack.
1956: Opening of the airfield to civilian air traffic, two years after the creation of Transpac, the first domestic New Caledonian airline and forerunner of Air Calédonie, which has regular flights between Nouméa, the Isle of Pines and the Loyalty Islands.
1970s: Construction of the first terminal, with a capacity of 100,000 people.
2001: Completion and opening of the new terminal, increasing capacity to over 300,000 people.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Calédonie	Île Art, Île-des-Pins, Koné, Koumac, Lifou, Maré, Ouvéa, Tiga, Touho

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at GEA airport. See source Wikidata query.

References

"Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2018" (PDF). aeroport.fr. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
NWWM – Nouméa Magenta Airport NWWM. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 11 August 2022.
"Renouvellement de Carte Résident Archived 2009-05-30 at the Wayback Machine." Air Calédonie. Retrieved on 8 October 2009. "Aérodrome de Magenta - BP 212 98845 Nouméa - Nouvelle Calédonie"
"Air Calédonie Contacts^{[permanent dead link]}." Air Calédonie. Retrieved on 2 October 2009.

External links

Official site Archived 2017-06-09 at the Wayback Machine (French)

На других языках

[de] Flughafen Magenta

Der Flughafen Magenta ist ein nationaler Verkehrsflughafen von Neukaledonien nahe der Hauptstadt Nouméa.

- [en] Nouméa Magenta Airport

[fr] Aéroport de Magenta

L'aéroport Nouméa Magenta (code IATA : GEA • code OACI : NWWM) est un aéroport intérieur de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, situé dans le quartier de Magenta à Nouméa, le chef-lieu, et à une cinquantaine de kilomètres de l'aéroport international de Nouméa - La Tontouta.

[ru] Нумеа-Мажента (аэропорт)

Аэропорт Нумеа-Мажента́ (англ. Nouméa Magenta Airport, фр. l'Aéroport de Nouméa Magenta, (ИАТА: GEA, ИКАО: NWWM)) — аэропорт внутренних авиалиний столицы Новой Каледонии города Нумеа, расположенный в городской застройке в 3 километрах от центра города.

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