Nouméa Magenta Airport
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Nouméa Magenta Airport (Template:Langx; Template:Comma separated entries) is a domestic airport on the main island of New Caledonia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The airport is Script error: No such module "convert". east-northeast of the city centre of Nouméa, the capital,[1] approximately Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of La Tontouta International Airport. In 2017, 428,679 passengers used the airport.
Air Calédonie has its head office on the airport property.[2][3]
History
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- 1931: First biplane flight on the beach in Magenta, located on the east coast of Nouméa.
- 1934: Creation of Script error: No such module "Lang"..
- 1942: Arrival of the Poppy Force, a 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 Construction Battalion 11 on the site of a former racetrack.
- 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 Script error: No such module "Lang"., which has regular flights between Nouméa, the Isle of Pines and the Loyalty Islands.
- 1970s: Construction of the first terminal, with a capacity of 100,000 people.
- 2001: Completion and opening of the new terminal, increasing capacity to over 300,000 people.
Airlines and destinations
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Statistics
See also
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References
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- ↑ "Renouvellement de Carte Résident Template:Webarchive." Air Calédonie. Retrieved on 8 October 2009. "Aérodrome de Magenta - BP 212 98845 Nouméa - Nouvelle Calédonie"
- ↑ "Air Calédonie ContactsScript error: No such module "Unsubst".." Air Calédonie. Retrieved on 2 October 2009.
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External links
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- Official site Template:Webarchive (French)