Norsup Airport

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Norsup Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
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 / -16.07972; 167.40056
Map
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NUS
Location of airport in Vanuatu
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
9503,117
Source: [1]

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.

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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.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Vanuatu Craig Cove, Port Vila (both suspended) [3]

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References

  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
  3. Curran, Andrew (9 May 2024). "Air Vanuatu pauses ops as lessor files insolvency petition". ch-aviation. Retrieved 11 May 2024.