Nouméa Magenta Airport

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Air Calédonie has its head office on the airport property.[2][3]

History

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Terminal building at Nouméa Magenta Airport
  • 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

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See also

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References

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  2. "Renouvellement de Carte Résident Template:Webarchive." Air Calédonie. Retrieved on 8 October 2009. "Aérodrome de Magenta - BP 212 98845 Nouméa - Nouvelle Calédonie"
  3. "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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