Maré Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Maré, 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 MEE.
Key facts
- IATA code
- MEE
- ICAO code
- NWWR
- City
- Maré
- State or region
- Province des îles Loyauté
- Country
- New Caledonia
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 21.4824° S, 168.0385° E
- Elevation
- 43 m (141 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,000 m (3,281 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, MEE means Maré Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: NWWR. 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 21.4824° S, 168.0385° E. It stands 43 metres (141 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Mont-Dore, about 175 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
Maré Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,000 metres (3,281 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 9.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 1,000 m 3,281 ft | 25 m | Asphalt | 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 | 49 km |
| Lifou AirportLifou | LIF | 114 km |
| Île des Pins AirportÎle des Pins | ILP | 137 km |
| Ouvéa AirportOuvéa | UVE | 179 km |
| Nouméa Magenta AirportNouméa | GEA | 183 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,216 km | 14 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 11,284 km | 14 h 05 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,201 km | 16 h 25 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 16,535 km | 20 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 13,887 km | 17 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,918 km | 12 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 7,396 km | 9 h 25 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,005 km | 8 h 55 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 2,157 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.