Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 1,575 ft / 480 m Address Pukaki 7999, New Zealand Code TWZ | Location Twizel, New Zealand 33/15 3,550 Elevation 1,575 m Phone +64 800 685 9010 | |
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Operator Pukaki Airport Authority Website | ||
Pukaki airport
Pukaki Airport (IATA: TWZ, ICAO: NZUK) is a small airport in the Mackenzie District of the South Island of New Zealand. The airport is located about 3 km North from the township of Twizel and is about 284 km from Christchurch.
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The airport contains a fully automated Met Service weather station, several hangars, and a BP petrol system containing 20,000 litres of JetA1 and 15,000 litres of Avgas fuel for planes to refuel with a BP Fuel Card.
Resident operators at Pukaki Airport include Aviation Adventures Ltd (trading as Red Cat Biplane Flights), The Helicopter Line and Otago Airspread.
Air Safaris, based in Tekapo, operates scenic charter flights from this airport.
A record low was set at Pukaki Airport of -19.8 °C on the morning of 23 June 2015.
Was one of the filming locations of the Zombie movie Last of the Living