Pukaki Airport
| Pukaki Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| IATA: TWZ – ICAO: NZUK | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Pukaki Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Twizel, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,575 ft / 480 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°14′13″S 170°7′8″E / 44.23694°S 170.11889°ECoordinates: 44°14′13″S 170°7′8″E / 44.23694°S 170.11889°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | http://www.airportpukaki.co.nz | ||||||||||||||
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Pukaki Airport (IATA: TWZ, ICAO: NZUK) is a small airport in the Mackenzie District of the South Island of New Zealand. The airport is located about 3 km North from the township of Twizel and is about 284 km from Christchurch.
The airport contains a fully automated Met Service weather station, several hangars, and a BP petrol system containing 20,000 litres of JetA1 and 15,000 litres of Avgas fuel for planes to refuel with a BP Fuel Card.
Air Safaris operates scenic charter flights from this airport.
View of the Pukaki Airport
