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Nouméa Magenta Airport
Nouméa Magenta Airport (; ) is a domestic airport on the main island of New Caledonia, an Overseas France, overseas collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The airport is east-northeast of the city centre of Nouméa, the capital, approximately southeast of La Tontouta International Airport. In 2017, 428,679 passengers used the airport. Air Calédonie has its head office on the airport property.Air Calédonie Contacts
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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 United States Army, US Army division commanded by General Alexander Patch, making New Caledonia one of the main Pacific airbases for the US Army. A military airfield is built alon ...
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Nouméa
Nouméa () is the capital and largest city of the French Sui generis collectivity, 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 (New Caledonia), Grande Terre, and is home to the majority of the island's European, Polynesian (Wallis and Futuna, Wallisians, Wallis and Futuna, Futunians, Tahitians), Indonesian, and Vietnamese people, Vietnamese populations, as well as many Melanesians, Ni-Vanuatu and Kanak people, Kanaks who work in one of the Oceania, South Pacific's most industrialised cities. The city lies on a protected deepwater harbour that serves as the chief port for New Caledonia. At the September 2019 census, there were 182,341 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Greater Nouméa (), 94,285 of whom lived in the city (Communes of France, commune) of Nouméa proper. 67.2% of the population of New Caledonia lives in Greater Nouméa, which ...
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Loyalty Islands
Loyalty Islands Province (, ) is one of the three top-level administrative subdivisions of New Caledonia. It encompasses the Loyalty Islands () archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, located northeast of the New Caledonian mainland of Grande Terre. The provincial government seat is at Lifou. The Loyalty Islands are a '' collectivité territoriale'' of France. The province's 2019 population was approximately 18,353 inhabitants living on almost . The native inhabitants are Melanesians who speak various Kanak languages and Polynesians who speak the Fagauvea language. History The first Western contact on record is attributed to British Captain William Raven of the whaler ''Britannia'', who was on his way in 1793 from Norfolk Island to Batavia (now called Jakarta). It is very likely, however, that the discovery and name originated with officials on the London ship ''Loyalty'', which was on a Pacific Ocean trading voyage from 1789 to 1790. The French Government demanded the removal ...
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Airports In New Caledonia
This is a list of airports in New Caledonia, sorted by location. New Caledonia () is an Overseas territory (France), overseas territory (''territoire d'outre-mer'' or ''TOM'') of France, made up of a main island (Grande Terre (New Caledonia), Grande Terre) and several smaller islands. It is located in the region of Melanesia in the southwest Pacific. Airports ICAO location identifiers are linked to each airport's Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP), which are available online in Portable Document Format (PDF) from the Frenc''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. Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines. See also * Transport in New Caledonia * List of airports in France * List of airports by ICAO code: N#NW – New Caledonia * Wikipedia: Ai ...
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List Of Airports In New Caledonia
This is a list of airports in New Caledonia, sorted by location. New Caledonia () is an overseas territory (''territoire d'outre-mer'' or ''TOM'') of France, made up of a main island ( Grande Terre) and several smaller islands. It is located in the region of Melanesia in the southwest Pacific. Airports ICAO location identifiers are linked to each airport's Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP), which are available online in Portable Document Format (PDF) from the Frenc''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. Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines. See also * Transport in New Caledonia * List of airports in France * List of airports by ICAO code: N#NW – New Caledonia * Wikipedia: Airline destination lists: Oceania#New Caledonia (France) ...
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Tiga Airport
Tiga Airport is an airport on Tiga Island in New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t .... Airlines and destinations References Airports in New Caledonia {{NewCaledonia-geo-stub ...
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Air Oceania
Air Oceania is a French airline company which operates in New Caledonia. It is the main airline service for the Loyalty Islands Loyalty Islands Province (, ) is one of the three top-level administrative subdivisions of New Caledonia. It encompasses the Loyalty Islands () archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, located northeast of the New Caledonian mainland of Grande Terre. ... and provides scheduled, medivac and charter services. Air Loyauté rebranded as Air Oceania and launched its inaugural flight to Tiga on May 19, 2025. Destinations Air Oceania flies to and from 5 domestic destinations. Fleet Current fleet The Air Oceania fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of June 2025): Former fleet References Airlines of France Airlines of New Caledonia Airlines established in 2003 French companies established in 2003 {{Oceania-airline-stub ...
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Touho Airport
Touho Airport is an airport in Touho, New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ... . Airlines and destinations References Airports in New Caledonia {{NewCaledonia-geo-stub ...
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Ouvéa Airport
Ouvéa Airport is an airport in Ouvéa, New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ... . Airlines and destinations References Airports in New Caledonia {{NewCaledonia-geo-stub ...
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Maré Airport
Maré Airport is an airport in Maré, New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t .... Airlines and destinations Statistics References Airports in New Caledonia {{NewCaledonia-geo-stub ...
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Lifou Airport
Ouanaham Airport is an airport serving Lifou, Lifou Island, New Caledonia. Airlines and destinations Statistics References Lifou Lifou () is a communes of France, commune of France in the Loyalty Islands Province of New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean. Geography Lifou is made up of Lifou Island, the largest and most heavily populated of the Loyalty Islands, its smaller neighbou ...
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Koumac Airport
Koumac Airport is an airport in Koumac, New Caledonia . History The airstrip was expanded during World War II in order to support a fleet of B-17 bombers by the 810th American aviation battalion, which was one of the first two all-black engineering battalions of the war. The airstrip was used as a base from which targets in the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 1000 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, t ... were bombed. An Air Loyauté flight was hit by a projectile while landing at Koumac in 2010. In 2023, the airport was used as a base for practice by a joint operation called ''Exercise Croix du Sud 2023'' involving the militaries of 19 nations to prepare for a possible situation in which evacuation of the area due to war or natural disaster is ever necessary. Airlines and destinations ...
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Koné Airport
Koné Airport is an airport serving Koné, a '' commune'' in the North Province of New Caledonia (), an overseas territory (''territoire d'outre-mer'') of France in the Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is .... Airlines and destinations References External links * Airports in New Caledonia {{NewCaledonia-stub ...
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