Whakatāne Airport (IATA: WHK, ICAO: NZWK) is an airport serving the town of Whakatāne, New Zealand, the Eastern Bay of Plenty and the tourist attractions of Mount Tarawera and White Island.
Whakatāne Airport Papa Rererangi i Whakatāne | |||||||||||||||
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 Whakatāne airport terminal | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Whakatāne, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 20 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°55′14″S 176°54′51″E / 37.92056°S 176.91417°E | ||||||||||||||
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History
editThe airport opened on 24 January 1963 with a new sealed runway and a construction cost of 50,000 pounds.[1] It had a 250m runway end safety area (RESA) added to allow larger aircraft such as Saab 340 to land.[2]
Air Chathams operates daily flights to Auckland with a Saab 340.
The airport houses a flight school, agricultural aircraft, fixed wing tourist flights and commercial helicopter operations.[3][citation needed]
The "excitingly different" terminal building was designed by Roger Walker[4] and completed in 1974. In 2019, Heritage New Zealand listed the airport terminal as a Category I Historic Place.[5] Air Chathams began serving Whakatāne with the Saab 340 on 29 November 2019.[6]
Airlines and destinations
edit| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Chathams | Auckland[7] |
| Sunair | Gisborne, Hamilton, Napier (all resume 13 January 2025) |
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Whakatane Airport Opened". Photonews. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Airport to have extended runway". Whakatane Beacon. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Airport". Whakatāne District Council. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ Home and Building, vol 37, no. 6, 1975
- ^ "Whakatāne Airport Terminal". Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ "WHAKATĀNE READY FOR BIGGER AIRCRAFT" (PDF). Air Chathams. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Whakatane Air Services". Air Chathams Ltd.
External links
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