This is a list of airports in Wallis and Futuna .
Wallis and Futuna (French : Wallis et Futuna) is an overseas collectivity (collectivité d'outre-mer or COM) of France located in the South Pacific between Fiji and Samoa.
The territory is made up of three main volcanic tropical islands along with a number of tiny islets, and is split into two island groups that lie about 260 kilometres (160 mi) apart, namely Wallis Islands (or Uvea Islands) in the northeast and Hoorn Islands (or Futuna Islands) in the southwest, including Futuna Island proper and the mostly uninhabited Alofi Island. The capital of Wallis and Futuna is Mata-Utu, which is located on Wallis Island.
ICAO location identifiers are linked to each airport's Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP), which are available online in Portable Document Format (PDF) from the French Service d'information aéronautique (SIA). Locations shown in bold are as per the airport's AIP page. Most airports give two locations: the first is the city served, second is the city where the airport is located.
Location served | ICAO | IATA | Airport name | Usage |
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Wallis / Mala'e | NLWW | WLS | Hihifo Airport | Public |
Futuna / Vele | NLWF | FUT | Pointe Vele Airport (Maopoop Airport) | Restricted |
Mata Utu is the capital city of Wallis and Futuna, an overseas collectivity of France. It is located on the island of Uvéa (ʻUvea), in the district of Hahake, of which it is also the capital. It is one of two ports in Wallis and Futuna, the other being at Leava on Futuna. Hihifo Airport, the main airport accessing the island and city, is 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi) to the northwest. Its population was 1,029 in 2018, up from 815 in 1998.
Limoges – Bellegarde Airport is an airport located 6 kilometres (4 mi) west-northwest of Limoges, a commune of the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. The airport presently has limited mass transit options which include only three stops per day of bus line 26 and a shared taxi service to and from the main train station.
Poitiers–Biard Airport is an airport located at Biard, 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) west of Poitiers, in the Vienne department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in France.
Toulon–Hyères Airport is an airport serving Toulon, a commune in the Var department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France. The airport is located 3 kilometres (2 mi) southeast of Hyères, and 19 kilometres (12 mi) east of Toulon. It is also known as Hyères Le Palyvestre Airport. The airport opened in 1966.
Dzaoudzi–Pamandzi International Airport is an airport located in Dzaoudzi, Mayotte, France on the southern tip of the island of Petite-Terre, located east of Grande-Terre, the main island of Mayotte. It is the only airport in Mayotte with scheduled services, mainly to destinations within Africa and to metropolitan France. The airport services aircraft up to the Boeing 777 in size.
Pointe Vele Airport is an airport serving Futuna Island in the French overseas territory of Wallis and Futuna. The airport is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Leava.
Avignon Provence Airport is an airport located in the city of Avignon and 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Caumont-sur-Durance, in the Vaucluse department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France.
Monaco Heliport, also known as Monte Carlo Heliport, is situated in the district of Fontvieille in the Principality of Monaco. The heliport is the only aviation facility within Monaco. It was opened with the support of Prince Rainier III in 1976, with only one helipad, later expanded. The only scheduled destination is Nice Côte d'Azur Airport in Nice, France. Both arrivals and departures are routed over the water, to minimize noise.
Hihifo Airport is an airport in Hihifo on Wallis Island in Wallis and Futuna. The airport is 5.6 km from Mata-Utu, the capital city. It was constructed by Seabees in March 1942 as a bomber field. It was upgraded in 1964.