AirportsOuvéa Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Ouvéa, 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 UVE.
Key facts
- IATA code
- UVE
- ICAO code
- NWWV
- City
- Ouvéa
- State or region
- Province des îles Loyauté
- Country
- New Caledonia
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 20.6409° S, 166.5730° E
- Elevation
- 7 m (23 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,100 m (3,609 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, UVE means Ouvéa Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: NWWV. 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 20.6409° S, 166.5730° E. It stands 7 metres (23 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Dumbéa, about 169 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
Ouvéa 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 6.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 1,100 m 3,609 ft | 30 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lifou AirportLifou | LIF | 71 km |
| Tiga AirportTiga | TGJ | 138 km |
| Touho AirportTouho | TOU | 138 km |
| La Tontouta International AirportNouméa (La Tontouta) | NOU | 157 km |
| Maré AirportMaré | MEE | 179 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,038 km | 13 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 11,112 km | 13 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,028 km | 16 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 16,406 km | 20 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 13,956 km | 17 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,983 km | 12 h 30 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 7,228 km | 9 h 15 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 6,856 km | 8 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 2,117 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
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