Anatom Airport
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Anatom Airport , also known as Aneityum Airport, is an airfield serving the island of Anatom
(Aneityum), in the Taféa province in Vanuatu
. The airfield is actually located on the smaller Inyeug island.
of 7 feet (2 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
which is 610 metres (2,001 ft) in length.
Anatom
Anatom is the southernmost island of Vanuatu. It is in the province of Tafea. The largest village is Anelghowhat , on the south side. The island is 159.2 km² in size...
(Aneityum), in the Taféa province in Vanuatu
Vanuatu
Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was...
. The airfield is actually located on the smaller Inyeug island.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevationElevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of 7 feet (2 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
which is 610 metres (2,001 ft) in length.