WHKNZWK

Whakatāne Airport

Whakatāne, New Zealand · Oceania

Oceania Pacific/Auckland

4direct destinations

2airlines

3runways

1,280 mLongest runway

1963opened

Whakat?ne Airport (IATA: WHK, ICAO: NZWK) is an airport serving the town of Whakat?ne, the eastern Bay of Plenty and the tourist attraction of Mount Tarawera, in New Zealand.

Location

37.922°S, 176.917°E · 6 m s. n. m. (20 ft)

General data

CountryNew Zealand

CityWhakatāne

IATA codeWHK

ICAO codeNZWK

Coordinates37.922°S, 176.917°E

Elevation6 m s. n. m. (20 ft)

Time zonePacific/Auckland

Runways3

Longest runway1,280 m

Opened1963

Direct destinations4

Runways · 3

09L/27R

Length1,280 m4,199 ft

Width30 m98 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

09R/27L

Length750 m2,461 ft

Width30 m98 ft

SurfaceGrass

09/27

SurfaceNot recorded

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

Radio frequencies · 2

Flight information

125.500CHRISTCHURCH FIS

Common traffic (CTAF)

118.600

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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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 opened on 24 January 1963 with a new sealed runway and a construction cost of 50,000 pounds. The "excitingly different" terminal building was designed by Roger Walker and completed in 1974. In 2019, Heritage New Zealand listed the airport terminal as a Category I Historic Place. The 90-m runway end safety areas were being extended to 240 m in 2018 to allow larger aircraft such as Saab 340 to land.

Air Chathams operates daily flights to Auckland. They previously used a Metroliner, and have also used a Saab 340 since 29 November 2019. Sunair operates from Hamilton, Gisborne and Napier.

The airport houses a flight school, agricultural aircraft, fixed wing tourist flights and commercial helicopter operations.

Airlines operating here · 2

Other airlines with direct routes

Sunair Air Chathams

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

Photo: Phillip Capper · 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). Whakatāne Airport (WHK). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/WHK

MLA

“Whakatāne Airport (WHK).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/WHK. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Whakatāne Airport (WHK). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/WHK (Accessed: 17 October 2026).

BibTeX

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

Wikipedia

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