Pointe Vele Airport
Pointe Vele Airport is an airport serving Futuna Island in the French overseas territory of Wallis and Futuna. The airport is located 10 kilometres east of Leava.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Futuna, Wallis and Futuna
- Also known as: “Aéroport de Pointe Vele”, “FUT”, and “NLWF”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Basilique Saint-Pierre-Chanel de Poi.
Basilique Saint-Pierre-Chanel de Poi
Church
Photo: Vogensto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Basilique Saint-Pierre-Chanel de Poi is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vele and Alofitai.
Vele
Village
Vele is a village in Wallis and Futuna. It is located in Alo District on the southeastern coast of Futuna Island. Its population according to the 2018 census was 209 people.
Alofitai
Village
Photo: Troisoc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alofitai, often simply named Alofi, is a village in Wallis and Futuna. It is located on the northwestern coast of Alofi Island. It belongs to the chiefdom of Alo.
Kolia
Village
Kolia is a village in Wallis and Futuna. It is located in Alo District on the southern coast of Futuna Island. Its population according to the 2018 census was 254 people.
Pointe Vele Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Alo, Wallis and Futuna, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-14.31167° or 14° 18′ 42″ southLongitude
-178.06646° or 178° 3′ 59″ westElevation
6 metres (20 feet)IATA airport code
FUTICAO airport code
NLWFUnited Nations Location Code
WF FUTOpen location code
52Q3MWQM+8COpenStreetMap ID
way 289038959OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeGeoNames ID
6299958Wikidata ID
Q182132
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Pointe Vele Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pointe Vele Airport”
- Chinese: “富图纳机场”
- Chinese: “富圖納機場”
- Finnish: “Pointe Vélén lentoasema”
- French: “aérodrome de Futuna Pointe Vele”
- French: “Aérodrome de Futuna Pointe Vele”
- French: “Aéroport de Futuna - Pointe-Vele”
- German: “Flughafen Futuna Pointe Vele”
- Hausa: “Filin jirgin sama na Pointe Vele”
- Hebrew: “נמל התעופה פוטונה פוינט ואל”
- Hungarian: “Pointe Vele repülőtér”
- Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Pointe Vele”
- Indonesian: “FUT”
- Indonesian: “NLWF”
- Japanese: “ポイント・ヴェレ空港”
- Korean: “푸앵트벨 공항”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Point Vele”
- Persian: “فرودگاه پوانت ول”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Pointe Vele”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Pointe Vele”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Futuna Pointe Vele”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Futuna”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Pointe Vele”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto Pointe Vele”
- Welsh: “Maes Awyr Pointe Vele”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ava and Aletafa.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aéroport de Pointe Vele and Fai’ava.
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