Norfolk Island Airport
Norfolk Island Airport is the only airport on Norfolk Island, an external territory of Australia. It provides services between Norfolk Island and Sydney, Brisbane, Hamilton, Newcastle, and Melbourne. Air New Zealand also flies to Norfolk from Auckland twice weekly.
The airstrip was built during World War II as a defensive measure to counter feared Japanese operations in the...
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Wellington International Airport
Wellington International Airport is on the Rongotai isthmus, 7 km southeast of central Wellington, New Zealand's capital city.
It is a major domestic hub, and has links to the major cities of Australia. In 2005 it served 4.6 million passengers, and currently over 5 million passengers. The airport in recent months has experienced phenomenal growth rates (around 22%). As at the...
Taupo Airport
Taupo Airport is a vital part of the Taupo experience.
Taupo Airport is a fresh and vibrant part of the local community, both as the point of arrival and departure, or as the launch-pad for the many activities the region offers.
Proving big is not necessarily better, Taupo Airport with a small management team and a four person governance board, provides efficient and safe air...
Queenstown Airport
Queenstown Airport is situated in the Wakatipu Basin. They are within a short drive to Queenstown, which is regarded by many as the the "adventure capital of the world". The glorious Remarkables mountain range overlooks the Queenstown Airport and this view will greet you every time you visit our busy airport.
Queenstown Airport is the second busiest airport in New Zealand for...
Ardmore Airport
Ardmore Airport was established in 1943 at the request of the US Airforce for use as an operational base during WW II. Although construction was not completed until 1945, the Airport served as an important base for training New Zealand pilots for action in the Pacific, and as a training centre for returning servicemen as part of the demobilisation effort after the war.
Ardmore...
Palmerston North International Airport
Palmerston North International Airport is owned and operated by Palmerston North Airport Ltd, a company that was formed in December 1989.
Since 30 November 2006, all shares issued by the company are held by the Palmerston North City Council.
Palmerston North Airport is located to the north-east of Palmerston North on a substantially clay sub-soil. The Aerodrome was first...
Invercargill Airport
Invercargill is situated on the south coast of the South Island of New Zealand and located close to the southern tourist attractions of Queenstown, Fiordland, Stewart Island and the Catlins.
The airport is only 3 km from the centre of the bustling provincial city of Invercargill (population 50,000). Air New Zealand operates regular scheduled services connecting Invercargill...
Hamilton International Airport
H Operationally Hamilton International Airport boasts the fourth longest commercial runway in New Zealand and provides travellers with a gateway to the Central North Island.
Prior to 1935 the airport started out as a "flying paddock", later serving as a maintenance base for aircraft during World War II before scheduled domestic passenger services commenced in the early 1950s....
Dunedin International Airport
Dunedin Airport was built in Momona in 1962 to cater for passengers of short-haul aircraft. When Ansett NZ began operations in 1988 the airport underwent major extensions.
On 16 August 1994, Dunedin was the first to break the mould of a regional air terminal by becoming New Zealand's first aiport outside Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch to host a commercial international...
Christchurch International Airport
Development of the aerodrome at Harewood commenced in 1936. By 1946 the form of the terminal area development was established with hangars, a small terminal building, the water tower and some barracks buildings. The two runways and parallel taxiway concept was established in the early 1950's and in 1960 a new terminal building was in operation. Since that time, additions to...
Auckland International Airport
Auckland International Airport Limited (Auckland Airport) was formed in 1988, when the New Zealand Government corporatised the management of Auckland International Airport. In 1998, the Government sold down its shareholding, and AIAL became the fifth airport company in the world to be publicly listed.
A city within a city, Auckland Airport generates billions of dollars for the...
Perth Airport
Strategically located in relation to South East Asia, Europe and Africa, Perth Airport is Australia’s fourth largest airport in terms of passenger traffic and is the winner of the Australian Airports Association (AAA) award for Australian Major Airport of the Year for 2003 and 2004.
Only 12 kilometres from the heart of Perth, the capital of Western Australia, the airport is...
Jandakot Airport
Opened in 1963, Jandakot Airport is the major General Aviation Airport in Western Australia, and is the busiest airfield and largest aviation training base in Australia. Three runways, associated taxiways, tenant leased property and natural bush land constitutes an area of 622 hectares, 18kmsouth of the city of Perth.
The airport provides access for essential service...
Broome International Airport
When the Geraldton-Derby airmail service first landed at Broome in 1922, the "airport" was any smooth patch of sand on Cable Beach. Sometime in the mid 1920s, a dirt strip was graded adjacent to the old race course, near the airport's current location.
By 1935, the east-west airstrip was laid out in its present alignment. As aircraft became larger and faster, the runway...
Avalon Airport Australia
Avalon Airport began in 1952, when the Commonwealth purchased 4,333 acres to enable the construction and testing of the Canberra Jet Bomber Aircraft. Since that time Avalon Airport has played a key role in Australia's aerospace industry.
In early 1997, Linfox purchased a 100 year lease of Avalon Airport. At that time the airport had only 150 people employed on a full time...