Pointe Vele Airport Explained

Aéroport de Futuna - Pointe-Vele
Pointe Vele Airport
Iata:FUT
Icao:NLWF
Pushpin Map:Futuna
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Futuna
Pushpin Label:FUT
Pushpin Label Position:right
Type:Public
City-Served:Vele (Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna, France)
Location:Pointe Vele
Elevation-F:20
Elevation-M:6
Coordinates:-14.3114°N -178.0661°W
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:07/25
R1-Length-M:1,000
R1-Length-F:3,609
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Footnotes:Sources:

Pointe Vele Airport is an airport serving Futuna Island in the French overseas territory of Wallis and Futuna. The airport is located 10km (10miles) east of Leava.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 20feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 07/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 1100mx25mm (3,600feetx82feetm).

Temperature record

On 10 January 2016, the weather station at the airport recorded a temperature of 35.8C, which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Wallis and Futuna.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Masters . Jeff . Henson . Bob . Confirmed: 2016 the Warmest Year in History of Global Recordkeeping . Wunderground . 18 January 2017 . 7 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180507221643/https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/confirmed-2016-the-warmest-year-in-history-of-global-recordkeeping.html . 7 May 2018 . live .