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NZWKWHK

Whakatāne Airport

Whakatāne, New Zealand

Elevation
20 ft
Runways
3
Longest
4,200 ft
Position
-37.922, 176.917
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Warning: pilot use only. For flight simulation use only. This information is not maintained to any aeronautical standard and must never be used for real world navigation or flight planning.

The field

09L27R09R27L0927N5 km
3 runways. Point at one for its dimensions.
North up, drawn to scale from published runway threshold positions.
NZRONZTGNZWKN
2 airfields in range. Point at one for its bearing.
  • NZRO31
  • NZTG37
Rings at 15, 30 and 50 nm. 2 other airfields in range, at true bearing. Where two sit close together only the nearer one is labelled.

By the numbers

  • 6,661 ft

    Runway, all told

    1.1 nm of pavement across 3 runways

  • 28th

    Longest in New Zealand

    of 38 airfields in the country

  • 4284th

    Longest in the world

    of 4,677 with a measured runway

  • 31st

    Highest in New Zealand

    20 ft above sea level

  • 31 nm

    Nearest airfield

    NZRO, bearing 248

  • Asphalt, Grass, Not recorded

    Surface

    1 of 3 lit

Current weather

METAR, live from NOAA aviation weather

Fetching the latest report...

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceLit
09L/27R4,200 ft100 ftAsphaltYes
09R/27L2,461 ft98 ftGrassNo
09/270 ft0 ftNot recordedNo

Frequencies

  • AFISCHRISTCHURCH FIS125.500
  • PAL5 Pulses at 1s interval activates lights for 30min.118.600

Real world frequencies, listed for reference. What is actually staffed on the network appears on the map and in the client.

Fly from here

  • Plan a leg out of NZWK
  • NZWK to NZRO, the nearest field

On the network

Nothing has been run at NZWK yet. When an event uses this field it appears here, with what was flown and who worked it.

What is on the calendar

Nearby airfields

  • NZRORotorua Regional Airport31 nm
  • NZTGTauranga Airport37 nm
  • NZAPTaupo Airport63 nm
  • NZGSGisborne Airport67 nm
  • NZWOWairoa Airport69 nm
  • NZHNHamilton International Airport75 nm

Elsewhere

  • Airport website
Wikipedia

Airport, runway and frequency data from OurAirports, which is public domain. Weather from NOAA aviation weather.