AirportsTongoa Airport is a small airport serving Tongoa Island, in Shefa, Vanuatu. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TGH.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TGH
- ICAO code
- NVST
- City
- Tongoa Island
- State or region
- Shefa
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 16.8911° S, 168.5510° E
- Elevation
- 135 m (443 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 710 m (2,329 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TGH means Tongoa Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: NVST. 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 16.8911° S, 168.5510° E. It stands 135 metres (443 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Port-Vila, about 97 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
Tongoa Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 710 metres (2,329 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 12.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 710 m 2,329 ft | 23 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Valesdir AirportEpi Island | VLS | 41 km |
| Lamen Bay AirportLamen Bay | LNB | 54 km |
| Tavie AirportPaama Island | PBJ | 61 km |
| Lamap AirportLamap | LPM | 91 km |
| Bauerfield International AirportPort Vila | VLI | 93 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,033 km | 13 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 11,190 km | 14 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,086 km | 16 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 16,049 km | 19 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 13,539 km | 16 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,566 km | 12 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 7,357 km | 9 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 6,572 km | 8 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 2,569 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
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