AirportsTimaru Airport is a medium-sized airport in Canterbury Region, New Zealand. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TIU.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TIU
- ICAO code
- NZTU
- City
- not listed
- State or region
- Canterbury Region
- Country
- New Zealand
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 44.3028° S, 171.2250° E
- Elevation
- 27 m (89 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 1,280 m (4,200 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TIU means Timaru Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: NZTU. 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 44.3028° S, 171.2250° E. It stands 27 metres (89 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Christchurch, about 142 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
Timaru Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 1,280 metres (4,200 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 21.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 1,280 m 4,200 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 02L/20R | 1,188 m 3,898 ft | 60 m | Grass | not listed |
| 11/29 | 1,113 m 3,652 ft | 90 m | Grass | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Christchurch International AirportChristchurch | CHC | 138 km |
| Wanaka AirportWanaka | WKA | 164 km |
| Hokitika Airfield | HKK | 178 km |
| Dunedin International AirportDunedin | DUD | 198 km |
| Queenstown AirportQueenstown | ZQN | 212 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,485 km | 15 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,128 km | 15 h 05 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,951 km | 17 h 20 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 19,007 km | 23 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,810 km | 18 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,229 km | 14 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 8,329 km | 10 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,429 km | 11 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 2,069 km | 3 h 00 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
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.