Pukaki Airport
| Pukaki Airport | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
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.
Resident operators at Pukaki Airport include Aviation Adventures Ltd (trading as Red Cat Biplane Flights), The Helicopter Line and Otago Airspread.
Air Safaris, based in Tekapo, operates scenic charter flights from this airport.
A record low was set at Pukaki Airport of -19.8 °C on the morning of 23 June 2015.[1]
Was one of the filming locations of the Zombie movie Last of the Living
See also
References
- ↑ "Temperatures returning to normal for most". Met Service. 25 June 2015.