Ryan's Creek Aerodrome is a small

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Stewart Island Stewart Island (, ' glowing skies', officially Stewart Island / Rakiura, formerly New Leinster) is New Zealand's third-largest island, located south of the South Island, across Foveaux Strait. It is a roughly triangular island with a la ...

in southern

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History

The aerodrome was built in the late 1970s to accommodate operations by Stewart Island Air Services. In the mid-1980s the runway and taxiways were

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ed. In 1990 a hill at one end of the strip was leveled; this left more room for aircraft to land and allowed easier access to the airstrip. The aerodrome is used by

Stewart Island Flights Stewart Island Flights is a commuter airline from New Zealand that conducts scheduled flights on light aircraft between Invercargill and Stewart Island. The airline also operates air charter, charter services to several of the island’s beache ...

for scheduled services to

Invercargill Airport Invercargill Airport is a fully secured controlled international designated airport located 1.6 km (one mile) west of the Central business district of Invercargill at the bottom of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the southernmost co ...

Facilities

The airport is at an

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of above

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.Great Circle Mapper
. Retrieved 2011-08-01. It has one

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, designated "04/22", which measures .

Airlines and destinations

References

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History

Facilities

Airlines and destinations

See also

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