en Hihifo Airport

Hihifo Airport

*Aéroport de Hihifo*
Hihifo Airport; Aéroport de Hihifo
	IATA: WLS; ICAO: NLWW;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Mala'e (Wallis Island, Wallis and Futuna)
Location	North of Mala'e
Elevation AMSL	79 ft / 24 m
Coordinates	13°14′17.81″S 176°11′57.22″W / 13.2382806°S 176.1992278°W
Map
	WLS Location of airport in Wallis
Runways
	Source: World Aero Data [1][usurped]

Hihifo Airport (IATA: WLS, ICAO: NLWW) 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.^[1] It was upgraded in 1964.^[2]

In 2015 the airport was blockaded by locals as part of a land dispute.^[3]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aircalin	Nadi, Nouméa^[4]
Air Loyauté	Futuna^[4]

References

^ Gordon L. Rottman (2002). World War II Pacific Island Guide: A Geo-military Study. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 92.
^ "FACELIFT FOR WALLIS AND FUTUNA". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 35, no. 12. 1 December 1964. p. 39. Retrieved 13 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Court action as Wallis airport blockade continues". RNZ. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Air Loyauté récupère la desserte aérienne entre Wallis et Futuna". Nouvelle-Calédonie la 1ère (in French). 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.