Hihifo Airport (IATA: WLS, ICAO: NLWW) is an airport in Hihifo on Wallis Island in Wallis and Futuna. The airport is 5.6 km from Mata-Utu, the capital city. It was constructed by Seabees in March 1942 as a bomber field.[1] It was upgraded in 1964.[2]
In 2015 the airport was blockaded by locals as part of a land dispute.[3]
^Gordon L. Rottman (2002). World War II Pacific Island Guide: A Geo-military Study. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 92.
^"FACELIFT FOR WALLIS AND FUTUNA". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 35, no. 12. 1 December 1964. p. 39. Retrieved 13 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.