Fairton
Fairton is a town in the Ashburton District, New Zealand. According to the 2001 New Zealand census it had a population of 1185, of which 612 were male and 573 were female.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarter
- Description: locality in Ashburton District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Fairfield” and “Fairton, New Zealand”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ashburton Aerodrome.
Ashburton Aerodrome
Aerodrome
Ashburton Aerodrome is a small airport 2 NM to the east of Ashburton township on the east coast of the South Island, New Zealand. Newmans Air operated a Christchurch to Queenstown service via Ashburton in the 1980s which allowed skiers to connect to the nearby skifield of Mt. Ashburton Aerodrome is situated 4 km south of Fairton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Allenton and Ashburton.
Allenton
Suburb
Allenton is a suburb of Ashburton, in the Ashburton District and Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. The suburb has its own rugby club. Ashburton Hospital is located in Allenton. Allenton is situated 6 km west of Fairton.
Ashburton
Town
Photo: Andrew Cooper, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ashburton is a large town in the Canterbury Region, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the seat of the Ashburton District Council. Ashburton is situated 6 km southwest of Fairton.
Winchmore
Locality
Winchmore is a locality in the Ashburton District, situated on the Canterbury Plains in the South Island of New Zealand. Winchmore lies roughly 10 kilometres northwest of Ashburton, the largest town in the district, and 20 kilometres south of Methven. Winchmore is situated 9 km northwest of Fairton.
Fairton
- Category: locality
- Location: Ashburton District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.86836° or 43° 52′ 6″ southLongitude
171.816° or 171° 48′ 58″ eastElevation
112 metres (367 feet)Open location code
4V8H4RJ8+MCOpenStreetMap ID
node 4109161890OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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In Other Languages
From Maori to Turkish—“Fairton” goes by many names.
- Maori: “Fairton”
- Turkish: “Fairton”
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