Lake Tekapo Airport
Lake Tekapo Airport is a Non-Certificated Airport 1.5 NM west of Lake Tekapo township in the Mackenzie District of the South Island in New Zealand. The airport was constructed by Air Safaris in 1974 for scenic charter flights over the Southern Alps.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: CHCBOY, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Lake Tekapo Aerodrome”, “NZTL”, “Tekapo Aerodrome”, and “Tekapo Airport”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount John University Observatory and Tekapo A Power Station.
Mount John University Observatory
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
University of Canterbury Mount John Observatory, previously known as Mt John University Observatory, is New Zealand's premier astronomical research observatory.
Tekapo A Power Station
Power station
Photo: Morray, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tekapo A Power Station is a hydroelectric facility at the southern end of Lake Tekapo in the Mackenzie Basin, Canterbury, New Zealand. It is a short distance south of the township. The power station is owned and operated by Genesis Energy Limited.
Lake George Scott
Lake
Lake George Scott, also called Scott Pond, is a small lake situated on the Tekapo River approximately 3 kilometres downstream of Lake Tekapo, New Zealand.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lake Tekapo and Tekapo Military Camp.
Lake Tekapo
Photo: Cuzza, Public domain.
Lake Tekapo is a lakeside resort village in the Mackenzie Country in the South Island of New Zealand. It gets its name from one of the Southern Lakes in the Southern Alps.
Tekapo Military Camp
Locality
Photo: New Zealand Defence Force, CC BY 2.0.
Tekapo Military Camp is a locality.
Lake Tekapo Airport
- Category: transportation
- Location: Mackenzie District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-44.00446° or 44° 0′ 16″ southLongitude
170.44427° or 170° 26′ 39″ eastElevation
771 metres (2,530 feet)Open location code
4V7GXCWV+6POpenStreetMap ID
way 176128642OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Indonesian—“Lake Tekapo Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lake Tekapo Aerodrome”
- Indonesian: “NZTL”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Air Safaris and Mackenzie Alpine Horse Trekking.
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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 “Lake Tekapo Airport”. Photo: CHCBOY, CC BY-SA 4.0.