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Wānaka Airport

Wānaka Airport is an serving the rural town of in , . The airport has no scheduled commercial flights as of the end of September 2025, as Sounds Air, and Air New Zealand having ceased flights to the airport in 2025 and 2013.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in New Zealand
  • Also known as: “NZWF”, “Wanaka Aerodrome”, “Wanaka Airport”, and “WKA”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Warbirds and Wheels Museum and National Transport & Toy Museum.

Museum
Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
Warbirds & Wheels in , was a museum displaying military aircraft and early 20th century classic and vintage automobiles and motorcycles.

Museum
Photo: Riley, CC BY 2.0.
The National Transport and Toy Museum in , New Zealand is one of the largest private collections in the Southern hemisphere and displays a large collection of items including over 650 vehicles, 23 aircraft and 100,000 toys plus thousands of miscellaneous items.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Luggate and Albert Town.

Village
is a small town in the of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 6 between and , near the junction with State Highway 8A, approximately 15 km from the Wānaka township, just past Wānaka Airport.

Suburb
is located to the east of in , . Until recently only a farming settlement, the population boom in this area has led to much new development.

Hamlet
is a rural settlement in the of the of New Zealand. is 5 km north. The area was named for Hāwea-i-te-raki, an ancestor of the Ngāti Hāwea hapū. is situated 8 km north of Wānaka Airport.

Wānaka Airport

Latitude
-44.72244° or 44° 43′ 21″ south
Longitude
169.24685° or 169° 14′ 49″ east
Elevation
353 metres (1,158 feet)
IATA airport code
WKA
ICAO airport code
NZWF
Open location code
4V7F76HW+2P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 176051887
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6249755
Wiki­data ID
Q7967043
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Satellite Map

Discover Wānaka Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Wānaka Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Wanaka Airport”
  • Indonesian: “NZWF”
  • Indonesian: “WKA”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Wanaka”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه واناکا”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Wanaka”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи воноко”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Wanaka”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wanaka Airport Terminal and Douglas DC-3.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wānaka Airport”. Photo: CHCBOY, CC BY-SA 4.0.