Chatham Islands/Tuuta Airport

Chatham Islands / Tuuta Airport is an airport 10.5 nautical miles northeast of Township on the , . The airport, in part named in honor of the Chatham Islander, Inia William Tuuta, who donated the land for the airport, was completed in 1982 to replace a compacted grass airstrip at Te Hapupu that could only handle slow-flying Safe Air Bristol Freighter aircraft.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Chatham Is/Tuuta Airport”, “Chatham Islands / Tuuta Airport”, “Chatham Islands / Tuuta 空港”, “CHT”, “Inia William Tuuta Airport”, “Inia William Tuuta Memorial Airport”, “NZCI”, “فرودگاه چتم ایلند/توتا”, “ツウナ空港”, and “圖塔機場”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Te Whanga Lagoon.

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Chatham Islands/Tuuta Airport

Latitude
-43.81382° or 43° 48′ 50″ south
Longitude
-176.46492° or 176° 27′ 54″ west
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Operator
Chatham Islands Airport Limited
IATA airport code
CHT
ICAO airport code
NZCI
UN/LOCODE
NZ CHT
Open location code
42855GPP+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 53791516
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6299982
Wiki­data ID
Q1708719
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tajik—“Chatham Islands/Tuuta Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Chatham Island (tugpahanan)”
  • Cebuano: “Chatham Island”
  • Chinese: “查塔姆群岛机场”
  • Chinese: “查塔姆群島機場”
  • French: “aéroport des îles Chatam / Tuuta”
  • French: “Aéroport des îles Chatam/Tuuta”
  • German: “Flughafen Tuuta”
  • Japanese: “チャタム諸島・トゥーナ空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Chatham Is/Tuuta”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه چتم آیلند/توتا”
  • Polish: “Tuuta Airport”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Chatham Islands / Tuuta”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Chatham Islands/Tuuta”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Tuuta”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи чтм оилнд туто”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Karewa and Titirangi.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Oringi Creek and Titihaukai Island.

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