Nadi International Airport 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 located at Namaka 10 km from the city of Nadi and 20 km from the city of Lautoka.

In 2016, it handled 2,047,476 passengers on international and domestic flights. It handles about 97% of international visitors to Fiji, of which 86% are tourists.

Despite being Fiji's main airport it is a considerable distance from the country's major population centre; located 192 kilometres (119 mi) northwest of the country's capital and largest city Suva and its airport, Nausori International Airport.

The original airstrips at Nadi were built by New Zealand from August 1939, being completed in March 1940, and were paid for by the British colonial authorities.

The work was requested by the United States of America for the South Pacific air ferry route and paid for as reverse Lend-Lease. The airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces when the Pacific War began in 1941, as USAAF Nandi. Early in the war, B-17 Flying Fortresses were flown from Nadi against Japanese targets in the Philippines and Solomon Islands.

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