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Hihifo Airport lies on the northern tip of Wallis Island in the French Pacific territory of Wallis and Futuna, a single long asphalt runway serving as the only significant airfield for the island and its capital, Mata-Utu. Built by US Navy Seabees in 1942 as a wartime bomber strip, it remains a striking example of a Pacific island airfield with a long history and a single reciprocal runway well suited to VFR operations.
Hihifo Airport serves Wallis Island, part of the French overseas territory of Wallis and Futuna in the South Pacific. It sits a short distance north of Mala'e and around 5.6 km from Mata-Utu, the territorial capital. For a simulator pilot the appeal lies in its remote island setting, its long single runway built originally for wartime bombers, and the surrounding turquoise lagoon that makes for a dramatic approach and departure.
The airfield is located north of Mala'e on Wallis Island, roughly 5.6 km from Mata-Utu, the capital of Wallis and Futuna. It is the principal airfield on the island, set amid the lagoon and reef that surround Wallis, with no other significant aerodromes nearby other than Pointe Vele Airport on Futuna, some distance away.
Hihifo has a single physical runway, 08/26, 6,931 ft long with a hard surface and runway lighting. There is no ILS.
Air-to-ground (A/G) communications are available on 653.3 MHz. An AFIS (Aerodrome Flight Information Service) radio frequency of 118.3 MHz is published, with the same 118.3 MHz frequency also listed for general information (INFO/MISC). A VDF (VHF direction-finding) facility is also noted for the field.
The airfield was constructed by United States Navy Seabees in March 1942 as a bomber field, part of wartime infrastructure built across the Pacific. It was subsequently upgraded in 1964. In 2015 the airport was blockaded by local residents as part of a land dispute, an episode reflecting ongoing tensions over land ownership on the island.
Hihifo continues to serve as the main airport for Wallis Island, with Aircalin operating flights connecting the island to Nadi and Noumea. The runway retains its wartime-era length and alignment, upgraded in the 1960s, and remains lit for night operations, though no instrument landing system is installed.