Wanganui Airport
Whanganui Airport, named Wanganui Airport until 2016, is the airport that serves Whanganui, New Zealand. It is located to the south of Whanganui River, approximately 4 km from the centre of Whanganui.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in New Zealand
- Also known as: “NZWU”, “WAG”, and “Whanganui Airport”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cooks Gardens and Royal Whanganui Opera House.
Cooks Gardens
Park
Photo: Rudolph89, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cooks Gardens is a multi-purpose stadium in Wanganui, New Zealand. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches, athletics and cycling. The main stadium, known as Westpac Stadium, is able to hold 20,700 people with 3,500 covered seats.
Royal Whanganui Opera House
Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Royal Whanganui Opera House is a theatre located in Whanganui, New Zealand. Built in 1899, it is New Zealand's last Victorian theatre. Located on St Hill Street in central Whanganui, the theatre seats 830 and is a venue for many local, national and international events.
Ward Observatory
Observatory
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ward Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Whanganui, New Zealand. Built in 1901 and administered by the Wanganui Astronomical Society, it is named after Joseph Ward, the society's first president and longtime director of the observatory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gonville and Putiki.
Gonville
Suburb
Gonville is a residential suburb of Whanganui, New Zealand. It is under the local governance of the Whanganui District Council. Pakaitore Marae and meeting house is located in Gonville. It is the tribal meeting ground of the Ngāti Hāua hapū of Ngāti Hāua.
Putiki
Suburb
Putiki is a settlement in the Whanganui District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island, located across the Whanganui River from Whanganui city.
College Estate
Quarter
College Estate is a suburb of Whanganui, in the Whanganui District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island.
Wanganui Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Whanganui, Manawatū–Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-39.96348° or 39° 57′ 49″ southLongitude
175.02454° or 175° 1′ 28″ eastElevation
6 metres (20 feet)IATA airport code
WAGICAO airport code
NZWUOpen location code
4VGQ22PF+JROpenStreetMap ID
way 176133270OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Wanganui Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wanganui Airport”
- Indonesian: “NZWU”
- Indonesian: “WAG”
- Japanese: “ワンガヌイ空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Wanganui”
- Persian: “فرودگاه وانگانیوی”
- Polish: “Wanganui Airport”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Wanganui”
- Tagalog: “Paliparang Wanganui”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи вонгонюи”
- Welsh: “Maes Awyr Wanganui”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Marybank and Springvale.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Whanganui Airport Terminal and Oceanview Speedway.
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