Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Waikouaiti Domestic Airport

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The result of the debate was Delete.  (aeropagitica)  17:49, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Waikouaiti Domestic Airport

Delete - Complete junk, Waikouaiti is a very small town that perhaps has a grass strip and a windsock somewhere. Certainly no airport, no airlines, unlikely ever to be notable - SimonLyall 07:47, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletions. - SimonLyall 07:51, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - "Waikouaiti Domestic Airport is situated two Kilometres out of the town centre yet is basically non functional. Very few flights, mainly small engine fixed wing aircraft associated with agricultural spraying operate from the airstrip which is not suitable for commercial passenger use." from the Waikouaiti article. The airport article though states it flies to Australia. Yeah, right. Hoax. --Midnighttonight 07:58, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
• Comment - the only airstrip in the vicinity of Waikouaiti shown on the official LINZ mapping data is 234 Metres in length, and is approx 7 km south of the township. International Jet flights would have to be diverted to Invercargill, Queenstown or Christchurch, even Taieri airport at 700 Metres length wouldnt be suitable, and its only 13 kilometres north of Dunedin Airport. Now thats objectivity and diligence. However, if you are in a small aircraft running out of fuel and your pda finds this article, the lat long coordinates might be helpful.. Long 170 37' 18.8 Lat -45 38' 33.48. Personally I would would like to see all airstrips in NZ logged, but I'm picking theres some reason to establish a threshold... is it lack of funds and therefore server space / bandwidth? how is the threshold determined? moza 14:14, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom -- Alpha269 15:20, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per well argued nomination. εγκυκλοπαίδεια* 22:56, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. As for the comment by moza, maybe we could start a new page for the life-saving potential of Wikipedia! Slowmover 22:58, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as complete bollocks. My uncle used to like in Waikouaiti, and I spent some time in the town last month. No airport - a small airstrip used by local farmers for topdressing flights, yes, but little more than that (BTW, Waikouait' has a population of 800). Never used as a redirection from Dunedin airport - nothing larger than a Cessna would be able to land there. As for linking to Sydney and Brisbane, well, work it out. It doesn't even link to Oamaru and Dunedin. As Moza says, Dunedin flights are diverted to Invercargill or Christchrch. Oh, just correct a couple of Moza's comments, BTW - it's closer to 50km from Momona (Dunedin airport). Momona has, to my knowledge never been closed through congestion, only through flooding or fog (though if Momona was out of action for those reasons, Taieri Aerodrome would be too). Perhaps the coordinates of the strip could be part of a List of airports and airstrips in New Zealand, but that's all that would be needed. Grutness...wha? 23:48, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

1/ I believed that the discussion was to be on the articles' talk page, and then the vote moved here. Anyway, relax, 2/ I am a digital cartographer, I do have the official licensed data, I was diligent in my measurement, and it is only 13km to Taieri airport, from Momona, aka Dunedin Airport. The subject was diversion from Dunedin International. The Waikouaiti airstrip is close to 45km from Momona, but now we are wasting energy. Its clear now to all, and just process from here to end of story. 3/ Wikipedia has done well in recent testing for accuracy, compared with other information sources, but none of my pilot friends would need to use it for navigation, we use the latest released charts of course. I do mix up a bit of tongue in cheek, sorry. However, one of the primary activities in the cockpit of a single engine aircraft, is to scan and identify potential landing sites in case of engine failure. Vigilance and knowledge does save lives. 4/ I have driven through there many times, (but never spotted any planes, although one time there was a breath test bus in the middle of nowhere, and they told me of reports of red glows in the sky, aurora australis, my core passion) I spent a night in Waikouaiti back in 1993, on tour with the Jodi Vaughn and Eddie Low, true, maybe my pics could go on their articles, perhaps thats worth noting, lol guys. moza 05:19, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.