Whakatane Airport

Whakatane airport terminal

IATA: WHK – ICAO: NZWK

Summary

Location

Whakatane, New Zealand

Elevation AMSL

20 ft / 6 m

Map

WHK

Location of airport in New Zealand

Source: World Aero Data

Whakatane Airport terminal.

Whakatane Airport (IATA: WHK, ICAO: NZWK) is an airport serving the town of Whakatane and surrounding tourist attractions (Mount Tarawera, White Island) in New Zealand.

Air Chathams operates daily flights to Auckland with a Metroliner III and a DC-3 Dakota. Sunair also provides flights to Hamilton and Gisborne with a Piper Aztec.

Colourful Air Chathams Fairchild Metroliner on the tarmac at Whakatane Airport. The aircraft is used exclusively by the airline to maintain a scheduled air service between the Bay of Plenty town and Auckland International Airport.

The airport also houses a flight school, agricultural aircraft and commercial helicopter operations.

The "excitingly different" terminal building was designed by Roger Walker^[1] and completed in 1974.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Chathams	Auckland^[2]
Sunair	Gisborne, Hamilton

Airports in the Bay of Plenty region

Rotorua Tauranga Whakatane

Airports in New Zealand

International	Auckland Christchurch Dunedin Queenstown Wellington

Domestic	Ardmore Blenheim Chatham Islands Claris Gisborne Hamilton Hawke's Bay Hokitika Invercargill Kaikoura Kaitaia Kapiti Coast Karamea Kerikeri Nelson New Plymouth North Shore Okiwi Palmerston North Picton Rotorua Stewart Island Takaka Taupo Tauranga Timaru Waiheke Island Wairoa Westport Whakatane Whanganui Whangarei Whitianga

General aviation	Alexandra Ashburton Balclutha Coromandel Cromwell Dannevirke Dargaville Feilding Forest Field Fox Glacier Foxton Franz Josef Galatea Glenorchy Glentanner Gore Greymouth Haast Hanmer Springs Hastings Jacks Point Kaikohe Lumsden Mandeville Martinborough Masterton Matamata Milford Sound Motueka Mount Cook Oamaru Omaka Omarama Opotiki Parakai Pauanui Pitt Island Rangiora Roxburgh Taieri (Mosgiel) Taumarunui Te Anau/Manapouri Te Awamutu Te Kowhai Te Kuiti Tekapo Thames Tokoroa Tongariro Turangi Twizel/Pukaki Waihi Beach Waimate Waipukurau Wanaka West Melton

Military	Ohakea Waiouru Whenuapai Woodbourne

Former	Bell Block Dawson Farm Evans Bay Hobsonville Kohimarama Beach Mangere Mechanics Bay Mt Iron Norwood Ocean Beach (Bluff) Seagrove Shelly Bay Te Anau Te Pirita Waimakariri Waipapakauri Wigram Whataroa (Wataroa)

List of airports in New Zealand

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