AirportsTauranga Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Tauranga, in Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TRG.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TRG
- ICAO code
- NZTG
- City
- Tauranga
- State or region
- Bay of Plenty Region
- Country
- New Zealand
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 37.6719° S, 176.1960° E
- Elevation
- 4 m (13 ft)
- Runways
- 5
- Longest runway
- 1,825 m (5,988 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TRG means Tauranga Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: NZTG. 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 37.6719° S, 176.1960° E. It stands 4 metres (13 feet) above sea level.
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
Tauranga Airport has 5 runways in the data. The longest is 1,825 metres (5,988 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 28 airports of New Zealand on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 9.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 1,825 m 5,988 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | not listed |
| 07R/25L | 1,825 m 5,988 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 07L/25R | 750 m 2,460 ft | 55 m | Grass | not listed |
| 04/22 | 640 m 2,100 ft | 60 m | Gravel | not listed |
| 16/34 | 575 m 1,886 ft | 45 m | Gravel | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Rotorua Regional AirportRotorua | ROT | 50 km |
| Whakatāne AirportWhakatāne | WHK | 69 km |
| Hamilton International AirportHamilton | HLZ | 79 km |
| Taupo AirportTaupo | TUO | 119 km |
| Auckland International AirportAuckland | AKL | 145 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,644 km | 15 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,438 km | 15 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 14,329 km | 17 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 18,458 km | 22 h 45 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,137 km | 17 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,440 km | 13 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 8,546 km | 10 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,965 km | 11 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 2,287 km | 3 h 15 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.