CHTNZCI

Inia William Tuuta Memorial Airport

Te One, New Zealand · Oceania

Oceania Pacific/Chatham

3direct destinations

1airlines

1runway

1,360 mLongest runway

Chatham Islands / Tuuta Airport (IATA: CHT, ICAO: NZCI) is an airport 10.5 nautical miles (19.4 km; 12.1 mi) northeast of Waitangi Township on the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. The airport, in part named in honor of the Chatham Islander, Inia William Tuuta, who donated the land for the airport, was completed in 1982 to replace a compacted grass airstrip at Te Hapupu that could only handle slow-flying Safe Air Bristol Freighter aircraft. The Armstrong Whitworth Argosy immediately started operating to the islands using the new airport until 1990, when Mount Cook Airlines and later Air Chathams took over air services to and from mainland New Zealand. A small aviation museum is also based there, signifying the importance that aviation has played in developing the economic wealth of the island group. Air Chathams operates services to Auckland, Christchurch, and Wellington. The airport is the base of Air Chathams and usually houses two aircraft overnight.

Location

43.812°S, 176.465°O · 13 m s. n. m. (43 ft)

General data

CountryNew Zealand

CityTe One

IATA codeCHT

ICAO codeNZCI

Coordinates43.812°S, 176.465°O

Elevation13 m s. n. m. (43 ft)

Time zonePacific/Chatham

Runways1

Longest runway1,360 m

Direct destinations3

Runways · 1

05/23

Length1,360 m4,462 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 1

Common traffic (CTAF)

118.100RDO

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 1

Other airlines with direct routes

Air Chathams

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Inia William Tuuta Memorial Airport (CHT). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CHT

MLA

“Inia William Tuuta Memorial Airport (CHT).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CHT. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Inia William Tuuta Memorial Airport (CHT).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CHT.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Inia William Tuuta Memorial Airport (CHT). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CHT (Accessed: 17 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_cht,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Inia William Tuuta Memorial Airport (CHT)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CHT},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CHT}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CHT |title=Inia William Tuuta Memorial Airport (CHT) |website=Vuelopedia |publisher=Fundación Poderia |date=2026-10-15 |access-date=2026-10-17 |language=en}}