White Grass Airport
Encyclopedia
Whitegrass Airport , also known as White Grass Airport or Tanna Airport, is an airport
on the island Tanna, in the Taféa province in Vanuatu
. It is located at Whitegrass (White Grass), 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of Lénakel
township.
of 19 feet (6 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
designated 15/33 with an asphalt
surface measuring 1230 by 30 m (4,035.4 by 98.4 ).
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...
on the island Tanna, 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 located at Whitegrass (White Grass), 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of Lénakel
Lenakel
Lenakel is the largest town on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu. It is located on the west coast of the island near the administrative capital of Isangel and serves as a major port of entry. It is the center of the Lenakel language, one of the five Tanna languages native to the island; Vanuatu's...
township.
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 19 feet (6 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...
designated 15/33 with an asphalt
Asphalt
Asphalt or , also known as bitumen, is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits, it is a substance classed as a pitch...
surface measuring 1230 by 30 m (4,035.4 by 98.4 ).
Airlines and destinations
- Air VanuatuAir VanuatuAir 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...
(Aneityum, Aniwa, Dillon's Bay, Futuna Island, Ipota, Port Vila)