Hihifo Airport Aéroport de Hihifo | |||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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  WLS Location of airport in Wallis | |||||||||||
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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]
- ^ 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.