Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 89 ft / 27 m Code TIU Phone +64 3-687 7200 | 02R/20L 1,280 Elevation 27 m | |
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Operator Timaru District Council Address Falvey Road, Timaru, Levels 7974, New Zealand | ||
Richard Pearse Airport (IATA: TIU, ICAO: NZTU), also known as Timaru Airport, is located off the Pleasant Point HWY, 4 km north of the suburb Washdyke in Timaru, New Zealand.
History
The airport takes its name from the local pioneer aviator, Richard Pearse, who allegedly flew before the Wright Brothers. Timaru is a small airport with 1 gate, with 1 asphalt runway, and 2 grass runways, it offers regular Air New Zealand Link flights to Wellington with a Bombardier Q300, formerly flights were operated to Oamaru by Air New Zealand and Christchurch by Mount Cook Airline. Timaru, along with Invercargill to its south, are the only two major centres without a direct air service to Auckland. Eagle Airways used to operate from Timaru to Wellington.
References
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