La Tontouta International Airport, also known as Nouméa – La Tontouta International Airport (French: Aéroport de Nouméa - La Tontouta; IATA: NOU, ICAO: NWWW), is the main international airport in New Caledonia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific Ocean, as well as the military base (Base aérienne 186 Nouméa) for the French Air Force based in New Caledonia.

[2] Tontouta Air Base was originally constructed by the United States Navy's Seabees for the Pacific Theater of the Second World War.

The base reverted to local (French) control after the war and today's remaining runway is aligned on 11/29.

Due to the airport's closure, Air New Zealand cancelled its flights to Nouméa scheduled for 18 and 20 May.

[5] The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights in Nouméa: This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency Media related to La Tontouta International Airport at Wikimedia Commons