Palmerston North Airport
Palmerston North Airport | |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | NZPM |
IATA code | PMR |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 46 m (151 ft ) |
Transport links | |
Distance from the city center | 4 miles north of Palmerston North |
Street | SH 3 / SH 54 |
Basic data | |
opening | 1931 |
Terminals | 1 |
Passengers | 687,142 (2018/19) |
Runways | |
07R / 25L | 608 m × 60 m grass |
07L / 25R | 1902 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Palmerston North Airport ( Palmerston North Airport , IATA: PMR, ICAO: NZPM) is a commercial airport in New Zealand . It is located on the outskirts of the town of Palmerston North, north of the Milson neighborhood.
Domestic destinations are served from the airport. Furthermore, use Air Mail , the School of Aviation at Massey University and the Rescue Fire Services Airport. 657,515 passengers were handled in the 2017/18 financial year.
history
The airport was first used in 1931. The Milson Aerodrome Society built a grass runway for private air traffic. Commercial aviation began in 1936 through Union Airways . During the Second World War , the square was also used for military purposes.
In the 1950s, the runway was paved and a terminal was built. In 1992 a new terminal was built.
Airlines and Destinations
Palmerston North Airport is served by Air New Zealand Link , Jetstar Airways and Originair . Air New Zealand uses Link ATR 72s for flights to Auckland and Christchurch . Air New Zealand's Link De Havilland DHC-8-300 are used for flights to Hamilton and Wellington . Jetstar Airways flies exclusively to Auckland; Eastern Australia Airlines' De Havilland DHC-8-300s are used for these flights .
Traffic figures
business year |
Passenger volume |
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2001 | 390,000 |
2002 | 370.188 |
2003 | 422.494 |
2004 | 587.706 |
2005 | 547,536 |
2006 | 543.146 |
2007 | 541,566 |
2008 | 508.780 |
2009 | 428,946 |
2010 | 422.434 |
2011 | 449.070 |
2012 | 449,318 |
2013 | 445.147 |
2014 | 484,890 |
2015 | 466.557 |
2016 | 515,727 |
2017 | 629.411 |
2018 | 657.515 |
2019 | 687.142 |
- ↑ The fiscal year ends on June 30th of the specified year. Until 2003 they ended on March 31, 2004 was a transition year with 15 months.
Incidents
- On June 9, 1995, the captain of a De Havilland Canada DHC-8-100 from Ansett New Zealand (ZK-NEY) , which was flying from Auckland to Palmerston North Airport, interrupted the first officer several times on the approach while he was working through the landing checklist . The master instructed the first officer to skip individual points on the checklist and to extend the landing gear. Distracted in this way from his actual task of flying the aircraft, the captain finally steered the machine into hilly terrain ( controlled flight into terrain ). Of the 21 people on board, four died - the flight attendant and three passengers (see also Ansett New Zealand flight 703 ) .
- On October 3, 2003, a Convair CV-580 ZK-KFU cargo aircraft of Air Freight NZ on the flight from Christchurch to Palmerston North suffered a stall while flying through a zone with extreme icing conditions due to heavy ice formation and crashed into the Tasman Sea at Kapiti Coast . In the crash, the structural load limits of the machine were exceeded, so that it broke apart while still in the air. The two pilots on board died (see also Air Freight NZ flight 642 ) .
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Corporate Information. PNAirport.co.nz, accessed March 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Airport plan. PNAirport.co.nz, accessed September 16, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Airport Tenants. PNAirport.co.nz, accessed September 16, 2019 .
- ^ Departures. PNAirport.co.nz, accessed September 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Flight Schedules. AirNewZealand .co.nz, accessed on September 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Flights. Jetstar .com, accessed September 15, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Overview. PNAirport.co.nz, accessed September 16, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Corporate Info. PNAirport.co.nz, accessed September 16, 2019 .
- ^ Accident report DHC-8-100, Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 25, 2019.