Hihifo Airport

Hihifo Airport is an airport in serving Wallis Island in . The airport is 5.6 km from Mata-Utu, the capital city. It was constructed by Seabees in March 1942 as a bomber field.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Wallis and Futuna
  • Also known as: “NLWW”, “WALLIS-HIHIFO”, and “WLS”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Vaitupu and Lake Alofivai.

Church
Photo: Vogensto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Pond
is a lake on the northeastern side of in the Pacific. It is located off Route 1 adjacent to the village of . The lake is reportedly "often dry, and the bottom of the crater then affords pasture for the cows of the nearby mission schools." However, during wetter periods, the lake is populated with frogs.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alele and Vaitupu.

Village
is a village in . It is located in Hihifo District on the northeast coast of Wallis Island. Its population according to the 2018 census was 524 people.

Village
is a village in . It is located in Hihifo District on the northeast coast of Wallis Island in the South Pacific. Its population according to the 2018 census was 406 people.

Village
Photo: Skimel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in . It is located in Hihifo District on the northeast coast of Wallis Island. Its population according to the 2018 census was 341 people.

Hihifo Airport

Latitude
-13.23964° or 13° 14′ 23″ south
Longitude
-176.19979° or 176° 11′ 59″ west
Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)
IATA airport code
WLS
ICAO airport code
NLWW
United Nations Location Code
WF WLS
Open location code
52R5QR62+43
Open­Street­Map ID
way 289039637
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6299959
Wiki­data ID
Q182259
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Hihifo Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Hihifo Airport”
  • Chinese: “瓦利斯希希福机场”
  • Chinese: “馬塔烏圖機場”
  • Chinese: “马塔乌图机场”
  • Finnish: “Hihifon lentoasema”
  • French: “Aéroport de Hihifo Ile Wallis”
  • French: “aéroport de Wallis-Hihifo”
  • French: “Aéroport de Wallis-Hihifo”
  • French: “WALLIS-HIHIFO”
  • French: “WLS”
  • German: “Flughafen Wallis-Hihifo”
  • German: “Flughafen Wallis”
  • German: “NLWW”
  • Hausa: “Hihifo Airport”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה ואליס היהיפו”
  • Hungarian: “Wallis-Hihifo repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Hihifo”
  • Indonesian: “NLWW”
  • Indonesian: “WLS”
  • Japanese: “ヴァリ・イイフォ空港”
  • Japanese: “ヒヒフォ空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Hihifo”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه ایئیفو”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه والیس-هیهیفو”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Hihifo”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Hihifo”
  • Russian: “аэропорт Хихифо”
  • Russian: “Хихифо”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Hihifo”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Hihifo”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи оиеҳифу”
  • Ukrainian: “Хіхіфо (аеропорт)”
  • Ukrainian: “Хіхіфо”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Hihifo”

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