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.

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 September 2025, as Sounds Air, and Air New Zealand having ceased flights to the airport in 2025 and 2013.

National Transport & Toy Museum

Museum

Photo: Riley, CC BY 2.0.

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

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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

Suburb

Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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″ south

Longitude

169.24391° or 169° 14′ 38″ east

Open location code

4V7F76GV+7H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 444747943

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q19876942

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