Pukaki Airport is a small airport in the
Mackenzie District
Mackenzie District is a local government district on New Zealand's South Island, administered by the Mackenzie District Council. It is part of the larger Canterbury Region.
Geography
Principal settlements
The Mackenzie District only has three t ...
of the
South Island of New Zealand. The airport is located about 3 km North from the township of
Twizel
Twizel () is the largest town in the Mackenzie District, in the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand. The town was founded in 1968 to house construction workers on the Upper Waitaki Hydroelectric Scheme. Today, Twizel is a se ...
and is 284 km from
Christchurch
Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...
.
The airport contains a fully automated Met Service weather station, thirteen hangars, and a 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.
The airport was also one of the filming locations of the 2009
zombie
A zombie ( Haitian French: , ht, zonbi) is a mythological undead corporeal revenant created through the reanimation of a corpse. Zombies are most commonly found in horror and fantasy genre works. The term comes from Haitian folklore, in w ...
movie
Last of the Living.
See also
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List of airports in New Zealand
This is a list of airports in New Zealand, sorted by location.
List
Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled passenger service on commercial airlines. The cities shown in bold are international.
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* Transpo ...
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List of airlines of New Zealand
This is a list of airlines that have an Air Operator Certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand.
Scheduled airlines
Charter airlines
Cargo airlines
See also
* List of defunct airlines of New Zealand
*List of airli ...
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Transport in New Zealand
Transport in New Zealand, with its mountainous topography and a relatively small population mostly located near its long coastline, has always faced many challenges. Before Europeans arrived, Māori either walked or used watercraft on rivers o ...
References
AIP New Zealand (PDF)
External links
Official Airport Site
Airports in New Zealand
Transport buildings and structures in Canterbury, New Zealand
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