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New Zealand has one international airport (AKL) + 3 domestic airports (WGN, WLG & TKI).
Auckland is by far the busiest with about 180000 movements a year (2016) and about half of all air traffic in New Zealand. With an area of only 270km², Auckland is also the most densely populated urban area in NZ. We have two major airline companies based there : Air New Zealand and Pacific Blue/Jetstar Asia.
Christchurch is second in importance with around 35000 aviation movements per year, mainly because it’s home to the Royal New Zealand Air Force base. Aviation activities are also conducted at the Christchurch Airport at Wigram, which is located approximately 6 km north-east of the city centre. There are no passenger airlines operating out of Christchurch but it does have some charters and flying clubs as well as helicopters that land on the runway from time to time for emergency medical services.
Wellington is our capital city and third busiest airport handling just under 200000 aircraft movements annually. Like Christchurch it has a small number of charter operators, flying clubs and military air assets based there, along with police and other government agencies. Flights to Wellington can be interesting as they must contend with strong winds and frequent low cloud – both of which can make landing quite challenging for pilots.
Queenstown is a lovely resort town and home of commercial pilot training school—— The Universal Flying School(UFCS). There’s not much traffic here so flights go to and from nearby Glenorchy (which is where we keep our light plane on long term basis), occasionally to Oamaru if you need to head up to the northern parts of the South Island.
There aren’t too many airports in New Zealand that don’t require a short walk to reach a terminal building……….so I guess these would be considered ‘untouched by civilization‘!
The other domestic airports are in Greymouth, Naseby, Napier, Nelson, Taupo, Te Kuiti, Timaru, Whakatane, Winton, Invercargill, Blenheim, and Wanganui(this last airport is actually in Australia, right on the border). Most of them are small regional affairs catering primarily to tourism and agricultural industries.
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