Hawke's Bay Airport

Hawke's Bay Airport

Air New Zealand Bombardier Q300 on the tarmac at Napier Airport, November 2005
IATA: NPE – ICAO: NZNR
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Crown (50%)
Napier City (26%)
Hastings District (24%)
Operator Hawke's Bay Airport Ltd
Serves Hastings, New Zealand and Napier, New Zealand
Location State Highway 2, Westshore, Napier, New Zealand
Elevation AMSL 2 m / 7 ft
Coordinates 39°28′06″S 176°52′18″E / 39.46833°S 176.87167°E / -39.46833; 176.87167
Website www.hawkesbay-airport.co.nz
Map
NPE

Location of airport in North Island

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 1,750 5,742 Asphalt
07/25 1,199 3,934 Asphalt/Grass
10/28 560 1,837 Grass
Statistics (July 2015 to July 2016)
Passengers (Total) 566,431[1]

Hawke's Bay Airport (IATA: NPE, ICAO: NZNR), sometimes referred to as Napier Airport, is Hawke's Bay's main commercial airport serving domestic flights to the main centres of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch as well as smaller centres such as Gisborne, Wairoa and Blenheim . The airport is permitted to allow limited international flights for aircraft with up to fourteen people on board by prior arrangement with Air Napier or Skyline Aviation.

452,000 travellers passed through the terminal in the 12 months to June 2013.[3]

History

The Airport is located in the Napier suburb of Westshore, and is sometimes referred to as Napier Airport. It is sited on the former Ahuriri Lagoon, an area which was raised above sea level by the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake.

Due to booming tourism and commerce in Napier and Hastings extensions to the northern and southern ends of the main runway at Hawke's Bay Airport have just been completed, which provides a total of 1750 metres (sufficient to accommodate 737-300, B737-800 and A320 aircraft operated by Air New Zealand and Jetstar on domestic operations). A terminal reconfiguration, along with a full-scale security fence, would be required before scheduled domestic jet services could commence. At this stage further development to enable trans-Tasman services is not planned. Hawke's Bay Airport has received resource consent from the Napier City Council to begin Stage 1 of a significant multimillion-dollar business park development.

In November 2013 - Hawke's Bay Airport announced advanced planning to further lengthen its main runway from 1750m to 1940m no later than 2018 and a significant terminal expansion and redevelopment to cope with significantly higher than projected annual increases in passengers numbers through the airport. The airport was also named New Zealand Regional Airport of the Year 2013.

In August 2015, Jetstar announced that it would begin services between Napier and Auckland, commencing 1 December 2015.

A smaller airport is located 22 km to the south, near Hastings called the Hastings Aerodrome. It is primarily used for flight training and recreational aviation which the Hawkes Bay Airport does not offer.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Napier Gisborne, Wairoa (Cargo) [4]
Air New Zealand Link
operated by Air Nelson 		Christchurch, Wellington
Air New Zealand Link
operated by Mount Cook Airline		 Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington
Jetstar Airways
operated by Eastern Australia Airlines[5] 		Auckland[6]
Sounds Air Blenheim[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hawkesbay-airport.co.nz/about/statistics/
  2. ↑ http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11348268
  3. ↑ Newsroom - Hawke's Bay Airport
  4. ↑ "Air Napier operates a schedule service between Napier, Wairoa and Gisborne.". Air Napier. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Jetstar Group Fleet". Jetstar. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Jetstar's new routes: Nelson, Napier, New Plymouth and Palmerston North make the cut". Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Wine flights on track for November". Stuff. The Marlborough Express.
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