AirportsWanaka Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Wanaka, in Otago Region, New Zealand. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is WKA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- WKA
- ICAO code
- NZWF
- City
- Wanaka
- State or region
- Otago Region
- Country
- New Zealand
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 44.7221° S, 169.2463° E
- Elevation
- 348 m (1,142 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,200 m (3,937 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, WKA means Wanaka Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: NZWF. 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 44.7221° S, 169.2463° E. It stands 348 metres (1,142 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Dunedin, about 161 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
Wanaka Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,200 metres (3,937 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 24.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 1,200 m 3,937 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Queenstown AirportQueenstown | ZQN | 51 km |
| Dunedin International AirportDunedin | DUD | 153 km |
| Timaru Airport | TIU | 164 km |
| Invercargill AirportInvercargill | IVC | 202 km |
| Hokitika Airfield | HKK | 263 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,352 km | 15 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 11,980 km | 14 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,796 km | 17 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 18,946 km | 23 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,973 km | 18 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,382 km | 14 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 8,194 km | 10 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,406 km | 11 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 1,955 km | 2 h 50 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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