Pukaki Airport
Pukaki Airport in 2014
IATA: TWZ ICAO: NZUK
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Pukaki Airport Authority
Location	Twizel, New Zealand
Elevation AMSL	1,575 ft / 480 m
Coordinates	44°14′13″S 170°7′8″E / 44.23694°S 170.11889°E / -44.23694; 170.11889
Website	http://www.airportpukaki.co.nz
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 33/15 3,550 1,082 asphalt 07/25 1,804 550 grass

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 284 km from Christchurch.

The airport contains a fully automated Met Service weather station, thirteen hangars, and fuel supplies.

Resident operators offer charter and scenic flights from the aerodrome.

A record low temperature was set at Pukaki Airport of -19.8 °C on the morning of 23 June 2015.^[1]

The airport was also one of the filming locations of the 2009 zombie movie Last of the Living.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of airports in New Zealand
• List of airlines of New Zealand
• Transport in New Zealand

References

• AIP New Zealand (PDF)

External links

• Official Airport Site

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