Warbirds and Wheels Museum
Warbirds & Wheels in Wānaka, New Zealand was a museum displaying military aircraft and early 20th century classic and vintage automobiles and motorcycles.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
- Opening hours: November—April 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: former aerospace and automotive museum in Wānaka, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Warbirds & Wheels”, “Warbirds and Wheels”, and “Warbirds and Wheels, Wanaka”
- Address: 11 Lloyd Dunn Avenue, Wānaka
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wānaka Airport and National Transport & Toy Museum.
Wānaka Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: CHCBOY, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wānaka Airport is an airport serving the rural town of Wānaka in Otago, New Zealand. The airport has no scheduled commercial flights as of the end of Septmeber 2025, as Sounds Air, and Air New Zealand having ceased flights to the airport in 2025 and 2013.
National Transport & Toy Museum
Museum
The National Transport and Toy Museum in Wānaka, 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. National Transport & Toy Museum is situated 370 metres northwest of Warbirds and Wheels Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Luggate and Albert Town.
Luggate
Village
Luggate is a small town in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 6 between Wānaka and Cromwell, near the junction with State Highway 8A, approximately 15 km from the Wānaka township, just past Wānaka Airport. Luggate is situated 3 km southeast of Warbirds and Wheels Museum.
Albert Town
Quarter
Albert Town is located to the east of Wānaka in Otago, New Zealand. Until recently only a farming settlement, the population boom in this area has led to much new development. Albert Town is situated 6 km northwest of Warbirds and Wheels Museum.
Hāwea Flat
Hamlet
Hāwea Flat is a rural settlement in the Queenstown-Lakes District of the South Island of New Zealand. Lake Hāwea is 5 km north. The area was named for Hāwea-i-te-raki, an ancestor of the Ngāti Hāwea hapū. Hāwea Flat is situated 9 km northeast of Warbirds and Wheels Museum.
Warbirds and Wheels Museum
- Categories: aviation museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Queenstown-Lakes, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-44.72436° or 44° 43′ 28″ southLongitude
169.24391° or 169° 14′ 38″ eastOpen location code
4V7F76GV+7HOpenStreetMap ID
way 444747943OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q19876942
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