AirportsTavie Airport is a small airport serving Paama Island, in Malampa, Vanuatu. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is PBJ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- PBJ
- ICAO code
- NVSI
- City
- Paama Island
- State or region
- Malampa
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 16.4320° S, 168.2355° E
- Elevation
- 21 m (69 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 600 m (1,968 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, PBJ means Tavie Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: NVSI. 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 16.4320° S, 168.2355° E. It stands 21 metres (69 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Port-Vila, about 145 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Pacific/Efate, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Tavie Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 600 metres (1,968 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 16 airports of Vanuatu on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 16.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 600 m 1,968 ft | 30 m | Grass | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lamen Bay AirportLamen Bay | LNB | 19 km |
| Craig Cove AirportCraig Cove | CCV | 38 km |
| Valesdir AirportEpi Island | VLS | 41 km |
| Lamap AirportLamap | LPM | 43 km |
| Tongoa AirportTongoa Island | TGH | 61 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 10,980 km | 13 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 11,143 km | 13 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,037 km | 16 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 15,992 km | 19 h 45 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 13,535 km | 16 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,561 km | 12 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 7,316 km | 9 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 6,511 km | 8 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 2,588 km | 3 h 35 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.