AirportsWhakatāne Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Whakatāne, 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 WHK.
Key facts
- IATA code
- WHK
- ICAO code
- NZWK
- City
- Whakatāne
- State or region
- Bay of Plenty Region
- Country
- New Zealand
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 37.9222° S, 176.9170° E
- Elevation
- 6 m (20 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 1,280 m (4,200 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, WHK means Whakatāne Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: NZWK. 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 37.9222° S, 176.9170° E. It stands 6 metres (20 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Tauranga, about 71 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
Whakatāne 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 22.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09L/27R | 1,280 m 4,200 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 09R/27L | 750 m 2,461 ft | 30 m | Grass | not listed |
| 09/27 | not listed | not listed | not listed | 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 | 57 km |
| Tauranga AirportTauranga | TRG | 69 km |
| Taupo AirportTaupo | TUO | 116 km |
| Gisborne AirportGisborne | GIS | 124 km |
| Hamilton International AirportHamilton | HLZ | 139 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,713 km | 15 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,504 km | 15 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 14,394 km | 17 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 18,495 km | 22 h 45 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,093 km | 17 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,411 km | 13 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 8,613 km | 10 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,020 km | 11 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 2,351 km | 3 h 20 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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