Nadi International Airport
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Nadi International Airport (IATA: NAN, ICAO: NFFN) is the main
international airport for the Republic of Fiji as well as an
important regional hub for the South Pacific islands, located by
the coast on the western side of the main island Viti Levu. It is
the main hub of Fiji
Airways and its domestic and regional subsidiary
Fiji Link. The
airport is 10 km from the city of Nadi and 20 km from the city of
Lautoka.
Despite being Fiji's main airport, it is quite far away, about 192
kilometres (119 mi) northwest of the country's capital Suva and
its airport, Nausori International Airport.
Arrivals and departures are much preferred to be to the south, due
to the closeness of the Sabeto mountain range to the immediate
north of the airport. A large turn around area, suitable for
Boeing 747s, is to the left of the threshold of Runway 02, in case
meteorological factors make departure to the north necessary.
Today, the largest concentration of hotels in Fiji has grown up in
and around Nadi. As tourism took off in the 1960s, the resorts
under construction in the nearby Mamanuca Islands and Denarau
Island cemented Nadi as the centre of Fiji's tourism industry.
The airport resides at an elevation of 59 ft (18 m) above mean sea
level. It has two asphalt surface runways. One with designated
02/20 which is measuring at 10,739 ft (3,273 m) in length. Another
runway is designated 09/27 which is measuring at 7,007 ft (2,136 m) in length.
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