Vanua Lava Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Vanua Lava, Torba, Vanuatu | ||||||||||
| Location | Sola | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 7 ft / 2 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 13°51′06″S167°32′13″E / 13.85167°S 167.53694°E | ||||||||||
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Vanua Lava Airport( IATA : SLH, ICAO : NVSC), also known as Sola Airport, is an airport near Sola on the island of Vanua Lava, one of the Banks Islands in the Torba province in Vanuatu. [1]
The airport resides at an elevation of 7 feet (2 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway which is 700 metres (2,297 ft) in length. [1]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Vanuatu | Luganville [2] |
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