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Wanaka Airport

Airport information
IATAWKA
ICAONZWF
 Location of airport in New Zealand
Airport typePublic
OperatorWanaka based Manager and Management Committee
LocationWanaka
HubAspiring Air
Elevation348 m (1142 ft)

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Wanaka Airport is the airport servicing the town of Wanaka, Otago, New Zealand and the surrounding ski fields. It is also the host of the biennial Warbirds over Wanaka air show and serves as a base for sightseeing flights to Milford Sound and Mount Aspiring National Park. The airport is located 10 km from the centre of Wanaka township.

The lack of a VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) beacon at the airport poses an issue for some aircraft. Not many aircraft have appropriate GPS systems to enable non-precision instrument approaches in bad weather.

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Preview of Lizand_rich's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisorâ„¢ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Wanaka, New Zealand Entry Title: "Adrenalin time" Entry: "Well since those dearest Mums of ours and Maurice have left, our campervan is now deathly quiet. We no longer put the world to rights after umpteen glasses of red wine or have Gina destroying the campervan or having us in hysterics with torrid tales of her previous escapades. We are missing them loads and for the drive from Christchurch to Wanaka all me and Liz could do was express at how much we missed them! Our first night after they left was a little teary and we were both feeling a little homesick, so what better way to rid these blues than to book a 15000 foot skydive overlooking the beautiful scenery around Wanaka. We got up the next morning and Liz telephoned to book us in maybe in a day or 2 but they said as the weather was beautiful why not 2.30 that afternoon. We were getting really excited but Liz had a feeling that it was not going to happen even though the sun was shining and there was no wind. Getting even more excited and perhaps a little nervous we arrived at the airport to find the wind starting to blow into something more than a breeze and the plane load of people before us had to return to ground as it was too windy. So Liz was proved right we weren't going to do it that day and we were booked in for the next <b>...</b>
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Taking off from Queenstown airport heading to Auckland after 5 weeks of hiking. The take off is a real steep one and the view is excellent. The tall mountain range we circle around to is the Remarkables. The plane is heading Nor West at the end of the clip.
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Winter of Wells Episode 7 brings you across the globe from Wanaka New Zealand, to Zurich Switzerland for Freestyle.ch. Jossi joins the best riders from around the world in an invite only Big Air competition. Filmed, Edited and Directed by Tim Pierce (zerosandones.co.nz)
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The Future for Warbirds Over Wanaka: 'Warbirds and Wheels' - Voxy Tweet this news
Voxy--Building work on a new world-class visitor attraction to be called Warbirds and Wheels is progressing well at -Wanaka Airport's- largest hangar and is on track for the unique facility to be opened later this year. The attraction, being develope - Date : Fri, 10 Jun 2011 02:57:49 GMT+00:00
Agricultural flying business on the rise - Otago Daily Times Tweet this news
Otago Daily Times--Described as a "significant investment", the plane was originally bought new by Wanaka Sky Diving in 2002. It was later offered for sale due to that company upgrading to a larger plane. It had only ever worked from -Wa - Date : Fri, 20 May 2011 17:25:15 GMT+00:00
Queenstown's mayor axed airport chairman - Scene Queenstown Tweet this news
Scene Queenstown--Mayor Vanessa van Uden used her casting vote twice to oust Queenstown -Airport's- chairman in a battle that's put her at odds with her deputy. -Wanaka--based deputy mayor Lyal Cocks reveals he's “surprised and disappoint - Date : Fri, 22 Apr 2011 04:22:26 GMT+00:00
Council investigates use of wilding pines in boiler - Otago Daily Times Tweet this news
Otago Daily Times---Wanaka--based Queenstown Lakes District councillor Leigh Overton (left) and Deputy Mayor Lyal Cocks inspect the newly installed -Wanaka- pool boiler. Photo supplied by QLDC. The new, fuel-efficient woodchip boiler installed at the -Wan - Date : Tue, 03 May 2011 17:23:42 GMT+00:00
Dry wit and drops of sweat - Otago Daily Times Tweet this news
Otago Daily Times--So said writers Roger Hall, of Auckland, and Joe Bennett, of Lyttelton, at the Festival of Colour in -Wanaka- yesterday. The festival's Aspiring Conversations programme yesterday attracted packed audiences at both presentations, wh - Date : Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:20:02 GMT+00:00
Auckland Airport could yet approach council directly - Otago Daily Times Tweet this news
Otago Daily Times--The report reinforced the decisions made by the Queenstown -Airport- board and "clearly states the deal was a good one for the principal shareholder, QLDC". The report is available on the council's website or at c - Date : Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:18:36 GMT+00:00
Doc Holiday solves your travel dilemmas - Adelaide Now Tweet this news
Adelaide Now--Main roads throughout New Zealand, including main roads out of Christchurch -Airport-, are operating normally." As for the safety of destinations such as Queenstown and -Wanaka-, you may want to visit the New Zealand-based GeoNet (g - Date : Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:50:02 GMT+00:00
Fighter artefacts go north - Otago Daily Times Tweet this news
Otago Daily Times--A new Warbirds and aviation-themed visitor attraction will open at -Wanaka Airport- later this year and many Fighter Pilots Museum items will remain in Wanaka to be exhibited in that facility. However, thousands of other items will go n - Date : Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:11:51 GMT+00:00
Outside Sports gets new general manager - Scene Queenstown Tweet this news
Scene Queenstown--Company chairman Noel Walker says Santin will bring significant management and retail experience to help grow Outside Sports' next growth phase. Outside Sports has Queenstown stores in the CBD and at the -airport- plus in -Wanaka- a - Date : Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:06:44 GMT+00:00
Amusement park arguments today - Otago Daily Times Tweet this news
Otago Daily Times--A proposed amusement park and tourist attraction on farm land opposite -Wanaka Airport- will be strongly debated at a planning hearing before commissioners David Collins and Lou Afield which starts at Edgewater Resort ... - Date : Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:17:13 GMT+00:00

Airlines Destinations
Air New Zealand operated by Eagle AirwaysChristchurch
Aspiring AirQueenstown

Airport Runways
DirectionLength ft(m)Surface
11/293,937 (1,200)Asphalt

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