AviatDataBauerfield International Airport VLI / NVVV
Port Vila, Shefa · Vanuatu · Airports Vanuatu Limited (AVL) — Vanuatu government-owned enterprise, operates VLI plus Santo-Pekoa and Tanna
230kpax · 2024
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1 · Avgas
ICAO / IATANVVV / VLI
OperatorAirports Vanuatu Limited (AVL) — Vanuatu government-owned enterprise, operates VLI plus Santo-Pekoa and Tanna
Coordinates17.6992°S, 168.3197°E
Elevation68 ft · 21 m
Time zoneVUT (UTC+11, no DST)
Passengers / yr230,000 (2024)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 · Avgas
Bonded—
AIP referenceNVVV — AIP Vanuatu (Civil Aviation Authority of Vanuatu, CAAV)
Operating hoursNot H24; confirmed AVL admin office Mon-Fri 0800-1700 local, but scheduled international/domestic flights operate outside those hours — actual ATC/AIS watch hours unconfirmed, check NOTAM/AIP Vanuatu for irregular or after-hours ops.
TerminalsSingle two-level terminal (combined international and domestic sections) built for roughly 240,000 pax/year — well above depressed 2024 throughput but tight versus the pre-2024 peak.
Runways (1)
- 11/29 · 2,600 m / 8,530 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt
Airport contact
Vanuatu's main international gateway on Efate; runway 11/29 (2,600 m asphalt, no ILS — RNAV/GNSS and VOR/DME approaches, PAPI both ends) takes wide-bodies up to A330 (Aircalin operates A330-900 on some Pacific routes). Traffic collapsed from a 489,000 2019 peak after sole hub carrier Air Vanuatu was placed into liquidation in May 2024 (EY appointed liquidator, ~US$74M owed to creditors); Air Vanuatu resumed limited domestic-only turboprop service (ATR 72, Twin Otter, BN Islander) in August 2024 with Vanuatu government funding, while international capacity has been covered by Air Calin, Air Niugini, Jetstar, Qantas, Solomon Airlines and Virgin Australia (per current airport route listings — reverify against AVL/airline schedules for the latest). ~230,000 for 2024 is an estimate pending a confirmed AVL/CAAV annual figure. A magnitude-7.3 earthquake on 17 Dec 2024 damaged the runway and control tower, shutting the airport to non-humanitarian traffic for about 72 hours, with commercial operations resuming 22 Dec 2024.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 2 providers
Vanuatu Terminal Services Ltd (VTS)
Sole ground handling agent at Bauerfield; manages aircraft turnarounds including boarding/deboarding assistance, baggage handling, marshalling and ramp services for scheduled carriers, confirmed on VTS's own service page on the airport operator's site (vli.vu/service/vanuatu-terminal-services-limited) and listed as the field's FBO/handler in the AC-U-KWIK aviation-services directory.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Air Vanuatu (Air Vanuatu Operations Ltd)
Air Vanuatu is the national carrier and is home-based at Bauerfield, where home carriers commonly self-handle; the airline is separately listed as an FBO/Handler point of contact for the airport in an aviation-services directory. Current fleet (per airline/Wikipedia reporting) is domestic-only -- 1 ATR72-600, 3 DHC-6-300 Twin Otters and a Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander -- following the airline's May 2024 liquidation, with international jet service suspended since at least mid-2025; whether it still self-handles its own reduced turboprop/light-aircraft schedule (vs. using VTS) is not directly confirmed, so downgraded from the draft's 'available'.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Available
Pacific Energy Group (Pacific Petroleum Vanuatu)
Aviation fuel supplier and into-plane agent at Bauerfield, supplying Jet A1 and Avgas. Pacific Energy Group entered Vanuatu via the 2006 Shell asset acquisition (then Mobil 2007, BP 2010), built a dedicated pipeline from Port Vila harbour to its depot for direct tanker supply, and has expanded storage at Port Vila and Santo per the group's own corporate site (p.energy/vanuatu); a live Pacific Energy 'Aviation Refueler' job posting explicitly based at Bauerfield Airport corroborates an active on-site aviation refuelling operation. 'Sole' supplier status is inferred from the group's consolidation of Vanuatu's Shell/Mobil/BP fuel assets rather than independently stated. · unconfirmed; road-fuel network runs standard business hours, airport refuelling reported to require advance notice for unscheduled/emergency flights
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Unconfirmed · 2 providers
Vanuatu Terminal Services Ltd (VTS)
Third-party company profiles (Dun & Bradstreet / PECC) list 'aircraft engineering' alongside VTS's ground handling and cargo business; however VTS's own current service page on vli.vu lists only ground handling, cargo operations and freight forwarding and does not mention engineering or maintenance, so this claim is contradicted by the primary source and should be treated as unconfirmed/likely stale rather than a live capability.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Air Taxi Vanuatu (Pacific Air Services Group)
The group's own about-us page states its internationally licensed aircraft engineers also 'provide maintenance services for Air New Zealand, Virgin, Air Pacific, Air Calin and Fiji Air' — but the use of Fiji Airways' pre-2013 name 'Air Pacific' suggests stale copy, and no current third-party-airline maintenance contract at Bauerfield could be independently confirmed. Group maintenance facility for its own Islander fleet is credible; third-party line maintenance treated as unconfirmed.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Unconfirmed
Air Vanuatu (Air Vanuatu Operations Ltd)
Air Vanuatu operated its own in-house catering centre near Bauerfield before the 2024 liquidation, assembling meals from semi-prepared components sourced via dnata's Australian kitchens plus local Vanuatu products (Tanna coffee, Aelan chocolate, spring water); with the airline now flying only small domestic turboprops/light aircraft (ATR72, Twin Otter, Islander) post-liquidation, a full catering operation is unlikely to still be running at its pre-2024 scale, and no current confirmation was found -- treat as inactive/unconfirmed pending verification.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Unconfirmed
Vanuatu Terminal Services Ltd (VTS)
As the sole ramp/ground-handling operator at Bauerfield, VTS necessarily runs the apron ground support equipment (tugs, belt loaders, baggage carts, GPU/ASU, steps) used for its own turnarounds; no separate GSE leasing or third-party maintenance line of business is publicly documented.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Cargo handling
Available · 3 providers
Vanuatu Terminal Services Ltd (VTS)
General cargo handling and freight forwarding (documentation, customs clearance, delivery coordination) confirmed as current VTS services on vli.vu, and VTS is named the responsible cargo entity at Bauerfield International Airport in a Vanuatu Government Trade Portal import procedure. Further specifics reported in third-party company-profile aggregators (Dun & Bradstreet, PECC) -- IATA/ICAO membership, formal Cargo Terminal Operator (CTO) designation, bonded/air-conditioned/refrigerated/deep-freeze warehouse space, dangerous goods and animal/livestock handling, express courier centre -- are plausible (a Logistics Cluster capacity assessment separately documents a ~1,000 sqm Bauerfield cargo warehouse with bonded, heated, air-conditioned and refrigerated/deep-freeze storage) but not independently confirmed against a primary VTS/AVL source, so treat the facility specifics as unconfirmed pending direct confirmation.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Unity Airlines
Freight/cargo charters and coffin charters listed among services on the company's own site; ad-hoc charter basis rather than scheduled freight.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
FR8 Logistics Vanuatu
Port Vila freight forwarder and the DHL Express courier affiliate for Vanuatu, handling international air and sea freight, customs clearance and door delivery; its own site states Port Vila DHL Express clients can have goods delivered within an hour or two of landing, implying an established uplift/clearance operation at Bauerfield. Vanuatu Customs (customsinlandrevenue.gov.vu) separately documents automatic DHL manifest uploading, corroborating the DHL agency. Office at 7 Wharf Road, Port Vila (off-airport, city side); contacts ••• / ••• per the company's own site and Facebook page (fr8.vu). Airport-side physical cargo terminal handling remains with VTS (already listed) — FR8 is the forwarding/courier agent layer.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation security
Available
Airports Vanuatu Limited (AVL)
Airport operator self-provides aviation security directly at Bauerfield: passenger and baggage screening, cargo/mail security checks, access control to restricted areas, airside/landside patrols, aircraft security monitoring and coordinated incident response, confirmed on AVL's own service page (vli.vu/service/aviation-security). · Mon-Fri 08:00-17:00 office; screening operates to flight schedule
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Passenger & crew transport
Available · 7 providers
Unity Airlines
Locally owned air-charter and tour operator based at the Domestic Terminal, Bauerfield International Airport — describes itself as Vanuatu's only dedicated twin-engine air charter and tour operator. Private and VIP passenger charters across the archipelago (Tanna, Santo, Pentecost and outer islands), scenic volcano and land-diving tours, medical evacuations and aerial survey/photography, per its own site (unity-airlines.com). One of the three private domestic operators (with Air Taxi and Belair) that filled the gap after Air Vanuatu's May 2024 liquidation, per Vanuatu Daily Post reporting. Contacts confirmed on the airport operator's own airline-contacts page (vli.vu/airline-contacts): •••, after-hours •••, email ••• / •••; WhatsApp ••• per company site. · Office hours plus published after-hours line (•••
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Air Taxi Vanuatu (Pacific Air Services Group)
Charter and scenic-flight operator flying three twin-engine Britten-Norman BN2A-26 Islanders (up to 9 pax, ~700 kg payload) on island charters, Mt Yasur volcano tours and Pentecost land-diving trips, per its own site (airtaxivanuatu.com). Part of the Pacific Air Services Group comprising the Air Taxi charter operation, its maintenance facility and leasing arm Air Leasing Pacific Ltd. Listed as a current domestic operator on the airport operator's own airline-contacts page (vli.vu/airline-contacts) with phone ••• and email •••.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Belair Airways
Locally owned domestic carrier ('By the people, for the people') operating charter and commuter services from Bauerfield to outer-island airstrips; one of the three private operators that filled the domestic void after Air Vanuatu's 2024 liquidation per Vanuatu Daily Post, and confirmed still active by ch-aviation reporting (Feb 2026) on its resumption of Port Vila-Tongoa flights in early 2Q26 after a livestock-related aerodrome closure. Contacts confirmed on the airport operator's own airline-contacts page (vli.vu/airline-contacts): ••• / •••, •••. Company site belair.vu was unreachable at time of check (expired TLS certificate).
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Bountiful Tours and Transfers Vanuatu
Locally owned tour and transfer operator (founded 2017, fleet of seven air-conditioned vehicles as of 2025) providing scheduled and private arrival/departure transfers between Bauerfield airport and Port Vila hotels, plus island tours; registered with the Vanuatu Department of Tourism. Contacts confirmed on the company's own site (bttvanuatu.com/contactus): ••• / •••, •••; open seven days. · Seven days
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Avis
Rental-car desk in the Bauerfield terminal building with complimentary pickup service and after-hours key-drop returns; listed hours Mon-Sun open 24 hrs. Address, phone and hours confirmed on Avis's own Port Vila Airport (VLI) location page (avis.com.au/en/locations/nh/port-vila/vli). · 24 hours per Avis location page
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Budget
Serves Bauerfield International Airport with free pickup, airport vehicle returns and an after-hours drop box; the staffed counter is off-airport on Rue D'Artois near Au Bon Marche in Nambatu. Phone and hours confirmed on Budget's own Bauerfield (VLI) location page (budget.com.au/en/locations/nh/port-vila/vli). · Mon-Fri 07:30-17:00, Sat-Sun 07:30-12:00
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World Car Rentals Vanuatu
Largest locally owned family car-hire business in Port Vila, advertising 24-hour airport pickup and delivery (Bauerfield is Port Vila's airport, though the site does not name it explicitly) plus 24-hour emergency roadside assistance. Contacts confirmed on the company's own site (vanuaturentalcars.com): ••• / ••• / •••, •••. · 24-hour airport pickup and delivery advertised
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Flight support
Available
Airports Vanuatu Limited (AVL)
AVL runs air traffic control, ATSEP electronics and the Airport Information Service directly (weather updates, runway conditions, airfield facilities and navigational data for pilots), confirmed on AVL's own service page (vli.vu/service/air-navigation-services) as sole ANSP at Bauerfield; unconfirmed whether a separate trip-support/permits desk exists beyond this.
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Hotel & travel
Available · 3 providers
Warwick Le Lagon Resort & Spa
142-room-plus resort on 75 acres beside Erakor Lagoon, Elluk Road off Kumul Highway — roughly 8 km / 20 minutes from Bauerfield; long-standing crew and layover option with three restaurants, two pools, golf and spa. Contact confirmed on Warwick Hotels' own contact-and-location page (warwickhotels.com/warwick-le-lagon-vanuatu). Airport transfer bookable at about 2,000 VUV per adult return with 72 hours notice, per its Booking.com listing (third-party detail, reconfirm when booking).
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Holiday Inn Resort Vanuatu
IHG resort at Tassiriki Park on Erakor Lagoon, about 10 minutes / 6 km from Bauerfield — one of the closer full-service crew-hotel options to the airport. Contacts confirmed on the resort's own contact page (vanuatu.holidayinnresorts.com/contact-us): •••, fax •••, ••• / •••. Site live and taking reservations at time of check; given Port Vila's Dec 2024 earthquake damage history, reconfirm room availability directly for large crew blocks.
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The Havannah Vanuatu
Adults-only boutique villa resort at Samoa Point on Efate's north-west coast, about a 30-minute drive from Port Vila/Bauerfield; return airport transfers are included in the villa rate (booked with flight details at reservation) and a complimentary shuttle runs to Port Vila twice daily, per the resort's own getting-here page (thehavannah.com). Contacts confirmed on its own contact page: ••• / 26300, ••• (weekdays), ••• (weekends), emergency •••.
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