Wellington Airport

Wellington Airport — formerly known as Rongotai Aerodrome or Rongotai Airport — is an international airport located in the suburb of in , the capital of .
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Airport
  • Description: airport in Wellington, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “NZWN”, “Rongotai Airport”, “Wellington International Airport”, and “WLG”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rongotai College and Ruth Gotlieb (Kilbernie) Library.

School
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is a state single-sex boys' secondary school in the southeastern suburb of , , New Zealand. Serving Years 9 to 13, the school has 716 students as of July 2026.

Library
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Manor estate
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is a manor estate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rongotai and Lyall Bay.

Suburb
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is a suburb of , New Zealand, located southeast of the city centre. It is on the isthmus, between the Miramar Peninsula and the suburbs of and .

Suburb
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is a bay and suburb on the south side of the Rongotai isthmus in , New Zealand. The bay is a popular surf beach, featuring a breakwater at the eastern end.

Suburb
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is a suburb of , . It is located at the southern end of the Peninsula to the south of the suburb of Miramar, and due east of the airport.

Wellington Airport

Latitude
-41.32722° or 41° 19′ 38″ south
Longitude
174.80528° or 174° 48′ 19″ east
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
IATA airport code
WLG
ICAO airport code
NZWN
Open location code
4VCPMRF4+44
Geo­Names ID
6244688
Wiki­data ID
Q1150574
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Wellington Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار ويلينغتون الدولي”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu Internacional de Wellington”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport de Wellington”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport Internacional de Wellington”
  • Cebuano: “Wellington International Airport”
  • Chinese: “威靈頓國際機場”
  • Chinese: “威靈頓機場”
  • Chinese: “惠灵顿国际机场”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven van Wellington”
  • Dutch: “Wellington International Airport”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مطار ويلينجتون الدولى”
  • Esperanto: “Internacia Flughaveno Velingtono”
  • Esperanto: “NZWN”
  • Esperanto: “WLG”
  • Finnish: “Wellingtonin kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • French: “aéroport international de Wellington”
  • French: “Aéroport international de Wellington”
  • French: “Wellington airport”
  • French: “Wellington International Airport”
  • French: “WLG”
  • Galician: “Aeroporto de Wellington”
  • German: “Flughafen Wellington”
  • German: “NZWN”
  • German: “WLG”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי של ולינגטון”
  • Hindi: “वेलिंग्टन हवाई अड्डा”
  • Hungarian: “Wellingtoni repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Wellington”
  • Indonesian: “NZWN”
  • Indonesian: “WLG”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Wellington”
  • Japanese: “WLG”
  • Japanese: “ウェリントン国際空港”
  • Japanese: “ウェリントン空港”
  • Korean: “웰링턴 국제공항”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Wellington”
  • Malayalam: “വെല്ലിംഗ്ടൺ അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര വിമാനത്താവളം”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wellington internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Norwegian: “Wellington internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین المللی ولینگتون”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی ولینگتون”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Wellington”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional de Wellington”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Wellington”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Wellington”
  • Russian: “Аэропорт Ронготаи”
  • Russian: “Веллингтон”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт Веллингтон”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Wellington”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Wellington”
  • Spanish: “NZWN”
  • Spanish: “WLG”
  • Swedish: “Wellington International Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Байн‌алмиллалии Веллингтон”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Веллингтон”
  • Turkish: “Wellington Havalimanı”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Wellington”

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