Dillon’s Bay Airport
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Dillon's Bay Airport is an airfield near Dillon's Bay on the island of Erromango
, in the Taféa province in Vanuatu
. It is one of two airfields in the island, the other being Ipota Airport
in the east.
of 538 feet (164 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
which is 660 metres (2,165 ft) in length.
Erromango
Erromango is the largest island in Tafea Province, the southernmost province of Vanuatu. Its highest point is Mount Santop, at 886 m. Its largest villages are Port Narvin and Dillons Bay . The former main village was Ipota...
, 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...
. It is one of two airfields in the island, the other being Ipota Airport
Ipota Airport
Ipota Airport is an airfield near Ipota on the island of Erromango, in the Taféa province in Vanuatu. It is one of two airfields in the island, the other being Dillon's Bay Airport in the west.-Facilities:...
in the east.
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 538 feet (164 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 660 metres (2,165 ft) in length.