Taupo Airport
| Taupo Airport Te Papa Waka Rererangi o Taupō |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Taupo Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Taupo | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,335 ft / 407 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°44′23″S 176°05′04″E / 38.73972°S 176.08444°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | http://taupoairport.co.nz/ | ||||||||||||||
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Taupo Airport (Māori: Te Papa Waka Rererangi o Taupō, (IATA: TUO, ICAO: NZAP)) is a small airport 8 km (5.0 mi) to the south of Taupo township on the eastern shores of Lake Taupo, New Zealand.
Scheduled flights are operated by Air New Zealand Link, using Bombardier DHC-8-Q300 from Auckland, Sounds Air also operate from Wellington using Pilatus PC-12. Due to its close proximity to world-renowned trout fishing, golf, hunting, skiing and luxury resorts, the Airport is becoming an increasingly popular destination for private jets.
A number of small charter and training operations are also based here along with maintenance providers and a large search and rescue facility. In addition there are two commercial tandem skydiving operators making Taupo Airport the busiest drop zone in New Zealand.
Taupo Airport is located within a Mandatory Broadcast Zone (MBZ) in uncontrolled (G) airspace with type C airspace starting at 6500 ft AMSL and controlled by Christchurch Control. Taupo Airport is the second-busiest non-towered airport in New Zealand.
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