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Santo Pekoa International airport in Luganville (Vanuatu)
Santo Pekoa International airport is located near Luganville, with Palikulo at 1mi↑, Luganville at 4mi↑, Port-Olry at 33mi↑, Norsup at 40mi↑, Lakatoro at 43mi↑, Navonda at 51mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Vanuatu and Southernmost airports in Vanuatu
→ See also airports in Vanuatu
aerial view of Santo Pekoa International airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : NVSS
- IATA code : SON
- Local code : -
Elevation : 56 m = 184ft
→ See also Highest airports in Vanuatu and Lowest airports in Vanuatu
Runways
- runway 12/30 : 1988m = 6522ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Vanuatu
Coming to Santo Pekoa International airport
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
activities : Getyourguide
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By plane :
- Santo Pekoa International airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Walaha airport at 32mi : book on Trip.com
- Redcliffe airport at 41mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Santo Pekoa International airport NVSS SON
METAR for Santo Pekoa International airport NVSS SON
NVSS 260400Z 12006KT 9999 FEW018CB FEW020 31/23 Q1006
Decoded METAR for Santo Pekoa International airport NVSS SON
METAR issued by NVSS on Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at 04:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 1 days and 40 hours and -1433 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 31°C = 88°F, dew point is 23°C = 73°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 62 %.
QNH is 1006hPa = 29.71inHg
Wind 11km/h = 6kt, direction is 120°.
Clouds : few clouds at 1800ft = 550m. few clouds at 2000ft = 610m.
Caution : Aviation weather reports the presence of cumulonimbus (CB) clouds, which are known to be dangerous for aircraft because they are associated with winds that can be violent and that change speed and direction very quickly, horizontally and vertically (updrafts and downdrafts). They are also associated with thunderstorms, rain showers and hail that can be violent. It is therefore recommended to avoid them as much as possible.TAF for Santo Pekoa International airport NVSS SON
NVSS 252300Z 2600/2624 VRB02KT 9999 FEW025
Decoded TAF for Santo Pekoa International airport NVSS SON
TAF issued by NVSS on Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at 23:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 1 days and 21 hours and 7 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Tuesday, November 25, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Wednesday, November 26, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
2600/2624 VRB02KT 9999 FEW025
wind 2kt = 4km/h, direction is °
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
few clouds at 2500ft = 760m
NOTAM for Santo Pekoa International airport
Around Santo Pekoa International airport in Luganville (Vanuatu)
near
- Hotels in Palikulo
- TianAn Rega Hotel (Beijing) at 5031mi↑
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 8357mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 8412mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 9873mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 9873mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 9895mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 9915mi↑
- Station de montagne Davos Klosters at 9915mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 9919mi↑
- Station de montagne Les Trois Fours at 9922mi↑
- Station de montagne Arosa Lenzerheide at 9923mi↑
- Station de montagne La Bresse Hohneck at 9924mi↑
- for Santo Pekoa International airport at 0mi↑
- for Palikulo Bay airport at 2mi↑
- for Luganville airport at 6mi↑
nearest airports to Santo Pekoa International airport in Luganville (Vanuatu)
- Palikulo Bay airport ( VU-0003) at 2mi↑defunct airport
- Luganville airport ( VU-0002) at 6mi↑defunct airport
- Luganville seaplane base ( VU-0004) at 6mi↑defunct airport
- Turtle Bay airport ( VU-0001) at 9mi↑defunct airport
- Walaha airport (NVSW WLH ) at 32mi↑NOTAM
- Redcliffe airport (NVSR RCL ) at 41mi↑NOTAM
- Norsup airport (NVSP NUS ) at 41mi↑NOTAM
- Longana airport (NVSG LOD ) at 52mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- North West Santo airport (NVSZ OLJ ) at 62mi↑NOTAM
- Sara airport (NVSH SSR ) at 62mi↑NOTAM
- Maewo-Naone airport (NVSN MWF ) at 67mi↑NOTAM
- Lonorore airport (NVSO LNE ) at 68mi↑NOTAM
- Southwest Bay airport (NVSX SWJ ) at 69mi↑NOTAM
- Craig Cove airport (NVSF CCV ) at 70mi↑NOTAM
- Lamap airport (NVSL LPM ) at 77mi↑TAF NOTAM
- Ulei airport (NVSU ULB ) at 92mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in Vanuatu
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap
