Westport Airport (New Zealand)
Westport Airport (New Zealand)
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Westport Airport | |||||||||||
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| Location | Westport, New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 13 ft / 4 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°44′17″S 171°34′51″E / 41.73806°S 171.58083°E / -41.73806; 171.58083 | ||||||||||
| Website | http://bullerdc.govt.nz/airport/ | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
  WSZ Location of airport in West Coast | |||||||||||
Runways | |||||||||||
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Source: World Aero Data [1] | |||||||||||
Westport Airport is an airport in Kawatiri, Westport, New Zealand (IATA: WSZ, ICAO: NZWS).
Sounds Air has the only scheduled services into Westport, flying to Wellington using nine seat Pilatus Pc12 aircraft. Air New Zealand had daily flights, operated by Eagle Airways Beechcraft 1900D aircraft, until April 2015. In 2002 Air West Coast connected Westport to Greymouth, Christchurch and Wellington; these services were discontinued due to high costs and lack of passengers on 27 June 2008.[1]
F27 about to arrive in Westport in 1979.
The Westport Airport terminal and runway (2013).
Contents
1 History
2 Airlines and destinations
3 See also
4 References
History[edit]
The airport had services as far back as 1947 with Air Travel connecting Westport to Nelson and south to Hokitika. Later NAC operated these flights onto Wellington with Dragon Rapide aircraft. On March 1952 the much larger Douglas DC-3s were used on the Westport-Nelson-Wellington route. The year ended 31 March 1966 Wesport handled 7557 passengers up from 6615 from the year before.[2] The runway was sealed in October 1970 to allow Friendship flights from Christchurch via Hokitika and onto Nelson and Wellington 6 days per week. Both the northbound and the southbound services flew into Westport in the afternoon.[3] The airport terminal was refurbished in 2007. [4]
Airlines and destinations[edit]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Sounds Air | Wellington[5] |
See also[edit]
- List of airports in New Zealand
- List of airlines of New Zealand
- Transport in New Zealand
References[edit]
^ Steve, Lowe. "Flying on a wing and a prayer". 3rd Level NZ. Retrieved 18 October 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "Westport News". 21 April 1966.
^ Lowe, Steve. "The National Carrier at Westport". 3rd Level NZ. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Westport Airport | West Coast, New Zealand". www.westcoast.co.nz. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
^ "Exciting news for Sounds Air and Wesport". Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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