Bauerfield International Airport
Encyclopedia
Bauerfield International Airport is an airport
located in Port Vila
, Vanuatu
. The airport is relatively small in size, but its runway has the capability and length to accept jets up to the Boeing 767
. It serves as the hub for Vanuatu's flag carrier
airline, Air Vanuatu
.
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Bauerfield International Airport was requisitioned by the United States Air force during World War II. Prior to that time it was part of a plantation acreage owned by Henri Russet.
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
located in Port Vila
Port Vila
Port Vila is the capital and largest city of Vanuatu. Situated on the south coast of the island of Efate, in Shefa Province, the city population at last was 29,356, an increase of 55% on the previous census result . This suggests a 2007 population of about 40,000 or around 65% of the province's...
, 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 airport is relatively small in size, but its runway has the capability and length to accept jets up to the Boeing 767
Boeing 767
The Boeing 767 is a mid-size, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It was the manufacturer's first wide-body twinjet and its first airliner with a two-crew glass cockpit. The aircraft features two turbofan engines, a supercritical wing, and a conventional tail...
. It serves as the hub for Vanuatu's flag carrier
Flag carrier
A flag carrier is a transportation company, such as an airline or shipping company, that, being locally registered in a given country, enjoys preferential rights or privileges, accorded by the government, for international operations. It may be a state-run, state-owned or private but...
airline, Air Vanuatu
Air Vanuatu
Air Vanuatu is an airline with its head office in the Air Vanuatu House, Port Vila, Vanuatu. It is Vanuatu's national flag carrier, operating to Australia, New Zealand and points in the South Pacific...
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Overview
The airport was named after Lt-Col. Harold Bauer, a fighter pilot in the US Marine Corps during World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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Bauerfield International Airport was requisitioned by the United States Air force during World War II. Prior to that time it was part of a plantation acreage owned by Henri Russet.