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Airport · ICAO · NC

Class D

Lifou Airport

ID NWWL Elev 92 ft Lat 20° 46.47' S Lon 167° 14.36' E Zulu

Aerial view · NWWL

No FAA diagram published

The FAA does not publish an Airport Diagram (APD) for NWWL — most non-towered fields, heliports, seaplane bases, and private strips fall here. Below: aerial imagery showing the actual field, runways, taxiways, and surroundings.

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways at NWWL

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 3,609 ft.

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
12 134.9° 3,609 ft 98 ft MAC Yes
30 314.9° 3,609 ft 98 ft MAC Yes

Source: in-app airport database (runway lengths + headings), OurAirports for surface, width, lighting. Gradient computed from FAA NASR runway-end elevation deltas (the published RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of NASR rows; we derive it from the elevations the FAA does publish).

Communications

3 frequencies on file — tower, ground, ATIS, CTAF, approach, departure, etc.

  • TWR TWR 118.500
  • APP TONTOUTA APP 119.700
  • AFIS TONTOUTA INFO 125.100

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Navaids associated with NWWL

  • NDB LU

    Lifou

    0.26 MHz · TERMINAL · LOW

  • VOR-DME LFU

    Lifou

    113.30 MHz · DME 113.30 · TERMINAL · LOW

NTSB events at NWWL

1 NTSB-recorded event on file at this airport .

Last 10 years · n=1

  • Controlled flight into terrain 1

All time · n=1

  • Controlled flight into terrain 1

Categories derived from NTSB Findings descriptions and probable-cause text via deterministic rule matching. "Other" includes cases where the agency record didn't surface enough text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2020-01-03 Mooney M20 · CFIT

Canonical references

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