AirportsLifou Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Lifou, in Province des îles Loyauté, New Caledonia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is LIF.
Key facts
- IATA code
- LIF
- ICAO code
- NWWL
- City
- Lifou
- State or region
- Province des îles Loyauté
- Country
- New Caledonia
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 20.7746° S, 167.2393° E
- Elevation
- 28 m (92 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,100 m (3,609 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, LIF means Lifou Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: NWWL. ICAO codes that begin with N belong to the South Pacific. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 20.7746° S, 167.2393° E. It stands 28 metres (92 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Dumbéa, about 174 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Pacific/Noumea, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Lifou Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,100 metres (3,609 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 10 airports of New Caledonia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 4.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 1,100 m 3,609 ft | 30 m | Macadam | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tiga AirportTiga | TGJ | 69 km |
| Ouvéa AirportOuvéa | UVE | 71 km |
| Maré AirportMaré | MEE | 114 km |
| La Tontouta International AirportNouméa (La Tontouta) | NOU | 174 km |
| Nouméa Magenta AirportNouméa | GEA | 183 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,106 km | 13 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 11,182 km | 14 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,098 km | 16 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 16,438 km | 20 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 13,909 km | 17 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,936 km | 12 h 30 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 7,299 km | 9 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 6,899 km | 8 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 2,154 km | 3 h 05 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.