NVSX · SWJ

Southwest Bay Airport

Southwest Bay Airport (NVSX / SWJ) is a general-aviation airfield serving Malekula Island, Malampa. The field lies at 68 ft (21 m) above sea level and has a single runway of 2,674 ft (815 m), grass. Its nearest neighbour is Norsup Airport (NUS), 25 nm N.

Movements are not attributed to this field. The nearest Alārium counts traffic for is Santo Pekoa International Airport (SON), 60 nm NNW.

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Location

Elevation
68 ft (21 m)
Coordinates
-16.4864, 167.4472
Serving
Malekula Island
Region
Malampa
Time zone
Pacific/Efate

Runways1 · longest 2,674 ft

Length and width to scale · north up

Orientation and relative length from the designator: runway 14 points 140° magnetic. No published thresholds here, so strips sit about the field centre. Not a chart to navigate by.

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceLighting
14/322,674 ft815 m98 ftGrass—

Nearby airfields

Nearest paved 3,000 ft
SONSanto Pekoa International Airport · 60 nm NNW
Airfields within 25 nm
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Field data: OurAirports, public domain. Positions: ADS-B, which does not carry every aircraft.