TIUNZTU

Timaru Airport

New Zealand · Oceania

Oceania Pacific/Auckland

1direct destinations

1airlines

3runways

1,280 mLongest runway

Richard Pearse Airport (IATA: TIU, ICAO: NZTU), also known as Timaru Airport, is located off the Pleasant Point Highway, 4 km north of the suburb Washdyke in Timaru, New Zealand.

Location

44.303°S, 171.225°E · 27 m s. n. m. (89 ft)

General data

CountryNew Zealand

IATA codeTIU

ICAO codeNZTU

Coordinates44.303°S, 171.225°E

Elevation27 m s. n. m. (89 ft)

Time zonePacific/Auckland

Runways3

Longest runway1,280 m

Direct destinations1

Official website

Runways · 3

02/20

Length1,280 m4,199 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

02L/20R

Length1,188 m3,898 ft

Width60 m197 ft

SurfaceGrass

11/29

Length1,113 m3,652 ft

Width90 m295 ft

SurfaceGrass

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

Radio frequencies · 1

Area control (center)

129.300FLIGHT INFORMATION & TIMARU QNH – CHRISTCHURCH C

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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.

History

The airport takes its name from the local pioneer aviator, Richard Pearse, who allegedly flew in powered flight before the Wright Brothers. The airport is a small regional airport with one gate, one asphalt runway and two grass runways. The South Canterbury Aero Club is based at the airport and frequently uses the airport for training and recreational purposes. There are regular Air New Zealand Link flights to Wellington using Bombardier Q300 aircraft, formerly flights were operated to Oamaru and Christchurch. Timaru, is the only major centre without a direct air service to Auckland. Eagle Airways used to operate from Timaru to Wellington with Beechcraft 1900D aircraft.

Airlines operating here · 1

Other airlines with direct routes

Air New Zealand

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

Photo: Phillip Capper from Wellington, New Zealand · CC BY 2.0 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Timaru Airport (TIU). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TIU

MLA

“Timaru Airport (TIU).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TIU. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Timaru Airport (TIU).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TIU.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Timaru Airport (TIU). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TIU (Accessed: 24 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_tiu,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Timaru Airport (TIU)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TIU},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TIU}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-24},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}

Wikipedia

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