Fera Airport

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Fera Airport
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Location Fera Island, Solomon Islands
Coordinates 8°06′26″S159°34′39″E / 8.10722°S 159.57750°E / -8.10722; 159.57750

Fera Airport is an airport on Fera Island in the Solomon Islands ( IATA : FRE, ICAO : AGGF). The airport is a roughly 3,000 foot long grass strip, and there are no roads to and from the terminal block, which was completed in April 2012. It is a 15-minute boat ride to Buala on Santa Isabel Island. Solomon Airlines flies to Fera three times weekly from Honiara. [1]

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References

  1. "Fera, Isabel Province".