Airports In Wallis And Futuna
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Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (; french: Wallis-et-Futuna or ', Fakauvea and Fakafutuna: '), is a French island collectivity in the South Pacific, situated between Tuvalu to the northwest, Fiji ...
. Wallis and Futuna (french: Wallis et Futuna) is an
overseas collectivity The French overseas collectivities (''collectivité d'outre-mer'' or ''COM'') are first-order administrative divisions of France, like the French regions, but have a semi-autonomous status. The COMs include some former French overseas colonie ...
(''collectivité d'outre-mer'' or ''COM'') of
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located in the South Pacific between
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and
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. The territory is made up of three main
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s along with a number of tiny islets, and is split into two island groups that lie about apart, namely
Wallis Island Wallis (Wallisian: ''Uvea'') is a Polynesian atoll/island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French overseas collectivity (''collectivité d'outre-mer'', or ''COM'') of Wallis and Futuna. It lies north of Tonga, northeast of Fiji, east-nort ...
s (or Uvea Islands) in the northeast and
Hoorn Islands The Hoorn Islands (also Futuna Islands) are one of the two island groups of which the French overseas collectivity (''collectivité d'outre-mer'', or ''COM'') of Wallis and Futuna is geographically composed. The aggregate area is 115 km², an ...
(or Futuna Islands) in the southwest, including Futuna Island proper and the mostly uninhabited
Alofi Island Alofi is an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French overseas collectivity (''collectivité d'outre-mer'', or ''COM'') of Wallis and Futuna. Alofi was inhabited until 1840. The highest point on the island is Kolofau. The 3 ...
. The
capital Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used f ...
of Wallis and Futuna is
Mata-Utu Mata Utu (; ʻUvean: Matāutu, ) is the capital city of Wallis and Futuna, an overseas collectivity of France. It is located on the island of Uvéa (Uvea), in the district of Hahake, of which it is also the capital. It is one of two ports in Wa ...
, which is located on Wallis Island. __TOC__


Airports

ICAO location identifiers are linked to each airport's
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(AIP), which are available online in
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''Service d'information aéronautique'' (SIA)
Locations shown in bold are as per the airport's AIP page. Most airports give two locations: the first is the city served, second is the city where the airport is located.


See also

*
List of airports in France Below is a list of airports in France, grouped by Departments of France, department and sorted by Communes of France, commune. France is a country with its main territory in Western Europe, with several Overseas France, overseas territories and i ...
* List of airports by ICAO code: N#NL - Wallis and Futuna


References

*French Civil Aviation site:
Aeronautical Information Service / ''Service d'information aéronautique'' (SIA)



Union des Aéroports Français


External links

*Lists of airports in Wallis and Futuna:


The Airport Guide



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Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (; french: Wallis-et-Futuna or ', Fakauvea and Fakafutuna: '), is a French island collectivity in the South Pacific, situated between Tuvalu to the northwest, Fiji ...
Airports An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...
Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (; french: Wallis-et-Futuna or ', Fakauvea and Fakafutuna: '), is a French island collectivity in the South Pacific, situated between Tuvalu to the northwest, Fiji ...
Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (; french: Wallis-et-Futuna or ', Fakauvea and Fakafutuna: '), is a French island collectivity in the South Pacific, situated between Tuvalu to the northwest, Fiji ...