Nouméa Magenta Airport (french: l'Aéroport de Nouméa Magenta) is a domestic airport on the main island of New Caledonia. The airport is east northeast of the centre of

Nouméa Nouméa () is the capital and largest city of the French special collectivity of New Caledonia and is also the largest francophone city in Oceania. It is situated on a peninsula in the south of New Caledonia's main island, Grande Terre, and ...

, the capital, and approximately from

La Tontouta International Airport La Tontouta International Airport, also known as Nouméa – La Tontouta International Airport (french: Aéroport de Nouméa - La Tontouta; ) is the main international airport in New Caledonia, and the military base for the French Air Force bas ...

. In 2017, 428,679 passengers used the airport. Air Calédonie has its head office on the airport property.Air Calédonie Contacts
" Air Calédonie. Retrieved on 2 October 2009.

History

* 1931: First biplane flight on the beach in Magenta, located on the east coast of Nouméa. * 1934: Creation of . * 1942: Arrival of the Poppy Force, a

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division commanded by General

Alexander Patch General Alexander McCarrell Patch (November 23, 1889 – November 21, 1945) was a senior United States Army officer who fought in both world wars, rising to rank of general. During World War II, he commanded U.S. Army and Marine Corps ...

, making New Caledonia one of the main Pacific airbases for the US Army. A military airfield is built along the beach in Magenta by Seabees of Naval Construction Battalion 11 on the site of a former racetrack. * 1956: Opening of the airfield to civilian air traffic, two years after the creation of Transpac, the first domestic New Caledonian airline and forerunner of , which has regular flights between Nouméa, the Isle of Pines and the

Loyalty Islands The Loyalty Islands Province (French ''Province des îles Loyauté'') is one of three administrative subdivisions of New Caledonia encompassing the Loyalty Island (french: Îles Loyauté) archipelago in the Pacific, which are located northeast of ...

. * 1970s: Construction of the first terminal, with a capacity of 100,000 people. * 2001: Completion and opening of the new terminal, increasing capacity to over 300,000 people.

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