La Tontouta International Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Nouméa (La Tontouta), Province Sud (New Caledonia)

IATA: NOU ICAO: NWWW

Longest Active Runway

10,663 ft

3,250 meters

Field Elevation

52 ft

16 m MSL

Runway Inventory

1 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

-22.0146°, 166.2130°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #428 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#686 of 7558

Top 9.1% percentile worldwide

For airports with equal runway length, the worldwide order does not indicate a length difference.

National Standing (New Caledonia)

#1 of 1 in NC

#1 of 10 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

+6.6%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 NOU in numbers: 10,663 ft longest runway · tied #428 of 650 published · #686 of 7,558 worldwide (top 9.1%) · #1 in New Caledonia.

🔬 Operational & Aerodrome Engineering Comparative Analysis

Longest runway ≥10,500 ft

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Elevation & National Context

Lowland Aerodrome (<2,000 ft)

NOU lies at 16 m (52 ft), #513 of 650 published airports by elevation and 19.7 percentile among 7,558 worldwide.

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Regional Density & Alternates (100 NM)

0 Qualifying Aerodromes in Vicinity

No published neighbour with a paved runway of 5,000 ft or more within 100 NM of NOU. Nearest published airport: Nadi International Airport (NAN), 683 NM, 10,739 ft (76 ft longer than NOU); none other within 250 NM.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 10,663 ft (3,250 m)

NOU runway: 11/29 10,663 × 148 ft asphalt (asp). +6.6% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
11/29	10,663 ft (3250 m / 3.250 km)	148 ft (45m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

🛡️ Source: OurAirports Open Aviation Database, snapshot 2026-09-01 · Provenance →