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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Airport in Nouméa, New Caledonia, France}}<br />
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{{Infobox airport<br />
| name = Nouméa Magenta Airport<br />
| image = Aerial view of Nouméa Magenta Airport.jpg<br />
| image-width = 250<br />
| nativename = Aéroport de Nouméa-Magenta<br />
| IATA = GEA<br />
| ICAO = NWWM<br />
| image_map = LocationNewCaledonia.png<br />
| image_map_caption = [[Nouméa]] in New Caledonia <br />
| pushpin_map = New Caledonia#Oceania<br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of the airport in New Caledonia<br />
| pushpin_label = '''GEA'''/NWWM<br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
| type = Public<br />
| operator = DSEAC Nouvelle-Calédonie<br />
| city-served =<br />
| location = [[Nouméa]]<br />
| metric-elev = <br />
| elevation-f = 9<br />
| elevation-m = <br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|22|15|30|S|166|28|22|E|type:airport_region:NC}}<br />
| metric-rwy = Y<br />
| r1-number = 17/35<br />
| r1-length-f = 4,101<br />
| r1-length-m = 1,250<br />
| r1-surface = Paved<br />
|stat-year = 2018<br />
|stat1-header = Passengers<br />
|stat1-data = 454,540<br />
|stat2-header = Passenger traffic change <br />
|stat2-data = {{increase}} 6.0%<br />
| footnotes = Source: Aeroport.fr<ref name=AER>{{cite web|title=Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2018|url=https://www.aeroport.fr/uploads/Rapport%20d'activit%C3%A9%20final.pdf |website=aeroport.fr|access-date=31 August 2019}}</ref> [[Aeronautical Information Publication|AIP]]<ref name="aip">{{AIP FR|NWWM|PAC-P|name='''Nouméa Magenta Airport''' NWWM}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
'''Nouméa Magenta Airport''' ({{langx|fr|Aéroport de Nouméa-Magenta}}; {{airport codes|GEA|NWWM|p=n}}) is a [[domestic airport]] on the main island of [[New Caledonia]], an [[Overseas France|overseas collectivity]] of [[France]] in the southwest [[Pacific Ocean]]. The airport is {{convert|3|km|abbr=on|0}} east-northeast of the city centre of [[Nouméa]], the capital,<ref name="aip"/> approximately {{convert|38|km|abbr=on|0}} southeast of [[La Tontouta International Airport]]. In 2017, 428,679 passengers used the airport.<br />
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[[Air Calédonie]] has its head office on the airport property.<ref>"[http://www.air-caledonie.nc/fr/pdf/carte_renew_nb.pdf Renouvellement de Carte Résident] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530002353/http://www.air-caledonie.nc/fr/pdf/carte_renew_nb.pdf |date=2009-05-30 }}." [[Air Calédonie]]. Retrieved on 8 October 2009. "Aérodrome de Magenta - BP 212 98845 Nouméa - Nouvelle Calédonie"</ref><ref>"[http://air-caledonie.nc:8080/en/ukcontact.htm Air Calédonie Contacts]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." [[Air Calédonie]]. Retrieved on 2 October 2009.</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
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[[File:Magenta Airport.jpg|thumb|left|Terminal building at Nouméa Magenta Airport]]<br />
* 1931: First [[biplane]] flight on the beach in Magenta, located on the east coast of Nouméa.<br />
* 1934: Creation of {{lang|fr|L'Aéro-club Calédonien}}.<br />
* 1942: Arrival of the Poppy Force, a [[United States Army|US Army]] division commanded by General [[Alexander Patch]], making New Caledonia one of the main Pacific airbases for the US Army. A military airfield is built along the beach in Magenta by [[Seabees]] of [[Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11|Naval Construction Battalion 11]] on the site of a former racetrack.<br />
* 1956: Opening of the airfield to civilian air traffic, two years after the creation of Transpac, the first domestic New Caledonian airline and forerunner of {{lang|fr|Air Calédonie}}, which has regular flights between Nouméa, the [[Isle of Pines (New Caledonia)|Isle of Pines]] and the [[Loyalty Islands]].<br />
* 1970s: Construction of the first terminal, with a capacity of 100,000 people.<br />
* 2001: Completion and opening of the new terminal, increasing capacity to over 300,000 people.<br />
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== Airlines and destinations ==<br />
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{{Airport destination list<br />
| [[Air Calédonie]] | [[Île Art – Waala Airport|Île Art]], [[Île des Pins Airport|Île-des-Pins]], [[Koné Airport|Koné]], [[Koumac Airport|Koumac]], [[Lifou Airport|Lifou]], [[Maré Airport|Maré]], [[Ouvéa Airport|Ouvéa]], [[Touho Airport|Touho]]<br />
| [[Air Oceania]] | [[Tiga Airport|Tiga]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-19 |title=EN IMAGES. Air Oceania a pris son envol vers Tiga |url=https://la1ere.franceinfo.fr/nouvellecaledonie/province-iles/lifou/en-images-air-oceania-a-pris-son-envol-vers-tiga-1587833.html |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=Nouvelle-Calédonie la 1ère |language=fr-FR}}</ref><br />
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}}<br />
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==Statistics==<br />
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=GEA}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Portal|Aviation}}<br />
* [[La Tontouta International Airport|Nouméa-La Tontouta Airport]]<br />
* [[List of airports in New Caledonia]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Commons category|Nouméa Magenta Airport}}<br />
* [http://www.cci.nc/aeroports/aeroport-de-magenta Official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609010458/http://www.cci.nc/aeroports/aeroport-de-magenta |date=2017-06-09 }} (French)<br />
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{{Airports in France |state=collapsed}}<br />
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[[Category:Airports in New Caledonia]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Nouméa|Magenta Airport]]<br />
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