Koumac Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Koumac, New Caledonia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 42 ft / 13 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°32′33″S164°15′34″E / 20.54250°S 164.25944°E | ||||||||||
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  KOC Location of airport in New Caledonia | |||||||||||
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Koumac Airport is an airport in Koumac, New Caledonia ( IATA : KOC, ICAO : NWWK).
The airstrip was expanded during World War II in order to support a fleet of B-17 bombers by the 810th American aviation battalion, which was one of the first two all-black engineering battalions of the war. [1] The airstrip was used as a base from which targets in the Solomon Islands were bombed. [2]
An Air Loyauté flight was hit by a projectile while landing at Koumac in 2010. [3]
In 2023, the airport was used as a base for practice by a joint operation called Exercise Croix du Sud 2023 involving the militaries of 19 nations to prepare for a possible situation in which evacuation of the area due to war or natural disaster is ever necessary. [4]
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Calédonie | Île Art, Nouméa–Magenta |
| Air Calédonie | Nouméa–Magenta [5] |
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