AirportsGreat Barrier Aerodrome is a small airport serving Claris, in Auckland Region, New Zealand. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is GBZ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- GBZ
- ICAO code
- NZGB
- City
- Claris
- State or region
- Auckland Region
- Country
- New Zealand
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 36.2414° S, 175.4720° E
- Elevation
- 6 m (20 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 930 m (3,051 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, GBZ means Great Barrier Aerodrome. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: NZGB. ICAO codes that begin with N belong to the South Pacific. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 36.2414° S, 175.4720° E. It stands 6 metres (20 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Auckland, about 93 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Pacific/Auckland, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Great Barrier Aerodrome has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 930 metres (3,051 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 28 airports of New Zealand on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 27.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 930 m 3,051 ft | 9 m | Sealed | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Auckland International AirportAuckland | AKL | 105 km |
| Whangarei AirportWhangarei | WRE | 113 km |
| Tauranga AirportTauranga | TRG | 172 km |
| Kerikeri AirportKerikeri | KKE | 178 km |
| Hamilton International AirportHamilton | HLZ | 181 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,531 km | 15 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,351 km | 15 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 14,252 km | 17 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 18,291 km | 22 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,122 km | 17 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,385 km | 13 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 8,449 km | 10 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,794 km | 11 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 2,219 km | 3 h 10 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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