Airports / New Caledonia / UVE
Ouvéa Airport
NWWV / UVEOuvéa, New CaledoniaELEV 23 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
38 nm
To the nearest alternate
Lifou Airport (LIF).
Overview
Ouvéa Airport (NWWV / UVE) is a mid-sized airport serving Ouvéa, New Caledonia. The field lies at an elevation of 23 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
UVE has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Lifou Airport (LIF, 38 nm), Tiga Airport (TGJ, 74 nm), and Touho Airport (TOU, 74 nm).
Quotes for flights out of UVE vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from UVE, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
NWWV
IATA
UVE
FAA / Local
NWWV
Elevation
23 ft
Coordinates
20.6409° S · 166.5730° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs New Caledonia fields
state range 10–315 ft
At 23 ft, UVE sits lower than 56% of the 9 New Caledonia fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 38nmLIFLifou AirportLifou
- 74nmTGJTiga AirportTiga
- 74nmTOUTouho AirportTouho
- 85nmNOULa Tontouta International AirportNouméa (La Tontouta)
- 96nmMEEMaré AirportMaré
- 97nmGEANouméa Magenta AirportNouméa
Location
Open the full mapNWWV · Ouvéa Airport · Ouvéa, New Caledonia