Norsup Airport

Norsup Airport
Norsup Airport
	IATA: NUS; ICAO: NVSP;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Lakatoro, Malakula, Vanuatu
Location	Norsup
Elevation AMSL	23 ft / 7 m
Coordinates	16°04′47″S167°24′02″E / 16.07972°S 167.40056°E Coordinates: 16°04′47″S167°24′02″E / 16.07972°S 167.40056°E
Map
	NUS Location of airport in Vanuatu
Runways
	Source: [1]

Last updated April 28, 2019

Norsup Airport( IATA : NUS^[2], ICAO : NVSP) is an airfield near Norsup on the island of Malakula, in the Malampa province in Vanuatu.^[1] It is one of three airfields on the island, the others being Lamap Airport and South West Bay in the south.

An IATA airport code, also known as an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The characters prominently displayed on baggage tags attached at airport check-in desks are an example of a way these codes are used.

The ICAOairport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world. These codes, as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators, are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning.

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Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 23 feet (7 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway which is 950 metres (3,117 ft) in length.

Elevation Height of a geographic location above a fixed reference point

The elevation of a geographic location is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface . The term elevation is mainly used when referring to points on the Earth's surface, while altitude or geopotential height is used for points above the surface, such as an aircraft in flight or a spacecraft in orbit, and depth is used for points below the surface.

According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Vanuatu	Craig Cove, Port Vila

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References

1 2 Airport information for Norsup, Malampa, Vanuatu (NVSP / NUS) at Great Circle Mapper.
↑ Accident history for Norsup Airport (NUS/NVSP) at Aviation Safety Network

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[GCM-1] 1 2 Airport information for Norsup, Malampa, Vanuatu (NVSP / NUS) at Great Circle Mapper.

[2] Accident history for Norsup Airport (NUS/NVSP) at Aviation Safety Network