Fairton Substation

Fairton Substation is an electrical substation in Ashburton District, Canterbury. Fairton Substation is situated nearby to Fairton School, as well as near Ashburton Aerodrome.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ashburton Aerodrome and Ashburton Aviation Museum.

Ashburton Aerodrome

Aerodrome

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Ashburton Aerodrome is a small airport 2 NM to the east of Ashburton township on the east coast of the South Island, New Zealand. Newmans Air operated a Christchurch to Queenstown service via Ashburton in the 1980s which allowed skiers to connect to the nearby skifield of Mt. Ashburton Aerodrome is situated 3 km south of Fairton Substation.

Ashburton Aviation Museum

Building

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The Ashburton Aviation Museum is located at Ashburton Aerodrome, a small airport 3.7 km to the east of Ashburton in the South Island of New Zealand. There are two buildings housing a collection of around 40 aircraft. Ashburton Aviation Museum is situated 3½ km south of Fairton Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fairton and Allenton.

Fairton

Quarter

Fairton is a town in the Ashburton District, New Zealand. According to the 2001 New Zealand census it had a population of 1185, of which 612 were male and 573 were female.

Allenton

Suburb

Allenton is a suburb of Ashburton, in the Ashburton District and Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. The suburb has its own rugby club. Ashburton Hospital is located in Allenton. Allenton is situated 6 km west of Fairton Substation.

Ashburton

Town

Photo: Andrew Cooper, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ashburton is a large town in the Canterbury Region, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the seat of the Ashburton District Council. Ashburton is situated 6 km southwest of Fairton Substation.

Fairton Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Ashburton District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-43.87369° or 43° 52′ 25″ south

Longitude

171.8087° or 171° 48′ 31″ east

Operator

Electricity Ashburton

Open location code

4V8H4RG5+GF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 896077186

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