Aéroport de Wallis-Hihifo (Hihifo Airport) WLS / NLWW

State aerodrome operator: manages Hihifo (NLWW) en régie directe (per official prefecture service page, Wikipedia infobox, and INSEE/Sirene record SIREN ••• located 'Aéroport Wallis Hihifo'). Provides the airport ramp/escale framework for the island's sole airport.

Sole scheduled carrier at Hihifo (A320 to Nouméa-La Tontouta and Nadi; DHC-6 Twin Otter on the Wallis–Futuna sector). Operates its own station / escale at Hihifo; the official commercial-handling procedure names an ACI (Air Calédonie International) representative who boards the aircraft and coordinates unloading with ground personnel, indicating self-handling of its own flights. The procedure does not explicitly state Aircalin employs the manutentionnaires, so the self-handling scope is inferred.

Runs its own stopover/escale desk at Hihifo (tel •••, Mon-Sat 07:30-13:00), distinct from its ticketing agency (tel •••, Mon-Fri 08:00-12:00/14:00-16:30, Sat 08:00-11:00); confirmed exactly against Aircalin's own official contact page (aircalin.com/en/contact/contact-us). Self-handled: Aircalin turns its own A320 (3x weekly ex-Nouméa, per French Wikipedia's Aéroport de Wallis-Hihifo article) at this outstation - no third-party ground handling company identified for Wallis. · Mon-Sat 07:30-13:00

Into-plane JET A1 at Hihifo is associated with the state airport operator per the AIP AD 2 NLWW source cited in the original claim, but the specific 'hydrant rated 600 l/min' detail could not be independently re-verified from a second public source (live eAIP path has rolled and no handler/industry directory confirms a hydrant or flow rate). Availability plausible but precise specs unverified.

SWAFEPP is the territory's sole hydrocarbon storage and distribution company (confirmed as "l'unique entreprise de distribution d'essence de l'archipel" by AFP/Marine-Oceans reporting on a 2024 strike, and via the préfecture's own "Visite de la SWAFEPP" article naming site manager Samu Takala), operating the fuel depot at Halalo, Wallis; Total Pacifique is documented as a commercial counterparty on SWAFEPP-linked contracting records. This is the documented petroleum-products supply chain for Wallis Island, but a dedicated Jet A-1 into-plane fuelling operation at Hihifo airport specifically is not separately confirmed in public sources.

As state operator running Hihifo en régie directe, SEAC provides airport ground support equipment. The detailed inventory (GPU 90 KVA, LAM 3000 loader, ABT 2045 pax stairs, belt loader, baggage carts, Tracma JST25 tug, ambulance) is sourced only to a now-inaccessible AIP page and is not corroborated by any independent source; treat the specific equipment list as unverified.

Acquired and operates a ground power unit (GPU) supplying external electrical power to parked aircraft; installed and staff trained 24 March 2025, after a military A400M that landed in May 2024 during the New Caledonia unrest was stranded with a dead battery on the apron with no way to restart; confirmed in full by la1ere.franceinfo.fr (24 Mar 2025, journalist Fatima Maniulua), which also gives the unit's cost as EUR 60,000.

Per the official Hihifo commercial cargo-handling procedure, handling assistants unload aircraft holds/containers to the airport local fret where douane and BIVAP clear goods, with the ACI/Aircalin representative coordinating. Confirms cargo handling for Aircalin's flights at this airport.

SEAC hosts the airport's freight room ("local fret") as part of its overall airport management, and a Préfecture-issued 2020 protocol ("Fiche de procédure - Manutention commerciale aéroportuaire", Aéroport Hihifo, wallis-et-futuna.gouv.fr) sets out sanitary-era handling steps: physical unloading by ground-handling assistants, then inspection/clearance by customs and the veterinary/phytosanitary service (BIVAP) before release. The document does not identify SEAC itself as the party performing the cargo handling (that appears to fall to airline ground-handling staff - see Aircalin entry), so SEAC's role here is best read as facility/regulatory host rather than confirmed cargo operator.

SEAC-WF is the contracting authority for airport security (sûreté) at Hihifo. Confirmed by public tender 2025-E-AO-02-SEAC ('prestations de services de sécurité de l'aéroport de Hihifo', exécution at Aérogare de Hihifo, financed by État programme 203 du SEAC-WF). Service is procured from a contractor rather than performed by SEAC staff.

Contracting authority for aviation security-screening and surveillance services at the Hihifo aérogare (CPV ••• services de sécurité, ••• services de surveillance), procured via public tender financed under State programme 203 - confirmed by direct read of both the original Avis de marché n° 2025-E-AO-02-SEAC (site visit 16 Sep 2025, initial deadline 24 Sep 2025) and its Avis de marché rectificatif (Prolongation 1), which pushed the bid deadline to 9 Oct 2025 at 11h30 Wallis time; the specific company awarded the current contract is not published in available records - unconfirmed.

Sole aerodrome operator/authority for Hihifo (gestion en régie directe); provides AFIS/CNS to airport users, plus rescue-and-firefighting, wildlife-hazard control and apron/platform maintenance under an airport safety certificate obtained April 2014 confirming compliance with European standards (confirmed verbatim in IEOM's Rapport annuel économique 2022 - Wallis-et-Futuna, and via the SEAC mission page on wallis-et-futuna.gouv.fr).