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Nouméa Magenta Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Elevation AMSL
  
10 m / 33 ft

1,250
  
4,101

Code
  
GEA

Location
  
Nouméa

17/35
  
1,250

Address
  
Nouméa, New Caledonia

Elevation
  
10 m

Nouméa Magenta Airport

Operator
  
DSEAC Nouvelle-Calédonie

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Nouméa Magenta Airport (French: l'Aéroport de Nouméa Magenta) (IATA: GEA, ICAO: NWWM) is a domestic airport on the main island of New Caledonia. The airport is 3 km (2 mi) east northeast of the centre of Nouméa, the capital, and approximately 50 km (31 mi) from La Tontouta International Airport. In 2009, 372,581 passengers used the airport.

Air Calédonie has its head office on the airport property.

History

  • 1931: First biplane flight on the beach in Magenta, located on the east coast of Nouméa.
  • 1934: Creation of L'Aéro-club Calédonien.
  • 1942: Arrival of the Poppy Force, a 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 along the beach in Magenta, 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 Air Calédonie, which has regular flights between Nouméa, the Isle of Pines and the Loyalty Islands.
  • 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.

    • References

    Nouméa Magenta Airport Wikipedia
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