Pukaki Airport
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 Pukaki Airport in 2014 | |||||||||||||||
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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°E / -44.23694; 170.11889 | ||||||||||||||
| 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 284 km from Christchurch.
The airport contains a fully automated Met Service weather station, thirteen hangars, and fuel supplies.
Resident operators offer charter and scenic flights from the aerodrome.
A record low temperature was set at Pukaki Airport of -19.8 °C on the morning of 23 June 2015.[1]
The airport was also one of the filming locations of the 2009 zombie movie Last of the Living.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ "Temperatures returning to normal for most". Met Service. 25 June 2015.
- AIP New Zealand (PDF)
External links
- Official Airport Site
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