Pointe Vele Airport
{{Short description|Airport in Pointe Vele, Wallis and Futuna}}
{{For|the airport in Futuna, Vanuatu|Futuna Airport}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Aéroport de Futuna - Pointe-Vele
Pointe Vele Airport
| nativename =
| image =
| IATA = FUT
| ICAO = NLWF
| pushpin_map = Futuna
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Futuna
| pushpin_label = FUT
| pushpin_label_position = right
| type = Public
| owner =
| operator =
| city-served = Vele (Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna, France)
| location = Pointe Vele
| elevation-f = 20
| elevation-m = 6
| coordinates = {{coord|14|18|41|S|178|03|58|W|region:WF_type:airport}}
| website =
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 07/25
| r1-length-m = 1,000
| r1-length-f = 3,609
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| footnotes = Sources:{{AIP_FR|NLWF|PAC-N|name=FUTUNA POINTE VELE}}{{GCM|NLWF|Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna Islands - Pointe Vele (NLWF / FUT)}}
}}
Pointe Vele Airport {{airport codes|FUT|NLWF}} is an airport serving Futuna Island in the French overseas territory of Wallis and Futuna. The airport is located {{convert|10|km|0}} east of Leava.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of {{convert|20|ft|0}} above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 07/25 with an asphalt surface measuring {{convert|1100|x|25|m|0}}.
Statistics
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=FUT}}
Temperature record
On 10 January 2016, the weather station at the airport recorded a temperature of {{convert|35.8|C|F|abbr=on}}, which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Wallis and Futuna.{{cite web |last1=Masters |first1=Jeff |last2=Henson |first2=Bob |url=https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/confirmed-2016-the-warmest-year-in-history-of-global-recordkeeping.html |title=Confirmed: 2016 the Warmest Year in History of Global Recordkeeping |publisher=Wunderground |date=18 January 2017 |access-date=7 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507221643/https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/confirmed-2016-the-warmest-year-in-history-of-global-recordkeeping.html |archive-date=7 May 2018 |url-status=live }}
See also
{{portal|France|Oceania|Aviation}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{AIP_FR|NLWF|PAC-N|name=FUTUNA POINTE VELE}}
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