Wellington Airport

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Wellington Airport
Wellington Airport Logo.svg
Wellington Airport.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code NZWN
IATA code WLG
Coordinates

41 ° 19 ′ 38 ″  S , 174 ° 48 ′ 19 ″  E Coordinates: 41 ° 19 ′ 38 ″  S , 174 ° 48 ′ 19 ″  E
Height above MSL 12 m (39  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 3 miles southeast of Wellington
Street SH1
Local transport Bus route 91 ( Airport Flyer )
Basic data
opening 1959
operator Wellington International Airport Ltd.
surface 110 ha
Terminals 2
Passengers 6,337,165 (2018)
Flight
movements 		83,365 (2018)
Employees 1500 (2017)
Start-and runway
16/34 1936 m × 45 m asphalt

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The Wellington Airport (Wellington Airport; IATA Code: WLG ; ICAO NZWN ) is the commercial airport of the New Zealand capital Wellington . It serves as the hub for Air New Zealand .

In 2017, the airport handled around 85,000 flight movements. The passenger volume was around six million passengers per year, of which 5,216,893 were domestic flights and 897,765 international flights. The company had a turnover of around 117.5 million NZD in 2017 .

geography

The airport is located in the Rongotai district, in the southeast of the city. The runway has a north-south orientation in which the planes can take off and land over Evans Bay in the north and Lyall Bay in the south.

history

Wellington Airport from the air

The airport was officially opened in October 1959. Previously, there was an airport north of the city near Paraparaumu . At the site of the current airport there was previously a grass runway known as Rongotai Airport, which officially opened in 1935 but was closed again in September 1947 due to safety concerns. After major renovations and fortifications, continuous flight operations began in 1959 on the then 1630 m long runway. At that time, the Fokker F.27 and Boeing 737-200s were mainly used. Since at the beginning of the 1970s Air New Zealand also wanted to offer flights with the DC-8 to Australia, the runway was extended to the current size.

After the terminal for regional flights was considered overloaded for a long time, a new one was opened in 1999. In order to comply with ICAO safety regulations, a 90 meter long safety zone was set up at both ends of the runway.

The short runway has always severely restricted the number of overseas destinations. There are only a small number of connections to Australia and Asia. In the past there have been considerations to extend the runway so that larger long-haul aircraft can also land. However, this would have led to expensive land reclamation measures. An international terminal was built in 1986 by Ansett NZ . It is to be expanded between 2005 and 2007 to enable the Boeing 787 to be handled. This long-haul aircraft can also land on short runways.

The airport has been partially privatized since 1998. It is 66% owned by Infratil and the remaining 34% is owned by Wellington City Council.

Airlines and destinations

Mainly domestic flights are handled. There are also a few international connections to airports in Australia , Fiji and Singapore (since September 2016) with a stopover in Canberra, and from May 2018 with a stop in Melbourne.

The following goals will be served in 2016:

Traffic figures

Source: Wellington International Airport
Wellington International Airport traffic figures 2013-2018
year Passenger numbers Flight movements
National International total
2018 920.323 5,416,842 6,337,165 83,365
2017 897.765 5,216,893 6,114,658 84.045
2016 892.199 5,066,291 5,958,490 85.356
2015 873.029 4,817,383 5,690,412 84,814
2014 765.604 4,654,711 5,420,315 83,788
2013 750.110 4,732,838 5,482,948 87,728

Web links

Commons : Wellington Airport  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Traffic Reports . Wellington International Airport Limited , accessed September 9, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Facts & Figures 2017 . (PDF 5.2 MB) Wellington International Airport Limited , 2017, accessed on April 10, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Consolidated Annual Report For the Year Ended March 31, 2017 . (PDF 2.0 MB) Wellington International Airport Limited , May 9, 2017, accessed on April 10, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Capital airport with a runway that is too short . In: FlugRevue , August 2011, pp. 62–65.
  5. ^ About us - Corporate Structure . Infratil , accessed December 25, 2015 .
  6. ^ A b David Flynn: Singapore Airlines to launch Singapore-Canberra-Wellington flights. In: Australian Business Traveler. January 20, 2016, accessed February 23, 2016 .
  7. ↑ a b Singapore Airlines introduces transit stop through Melbourne. In: press release. Wellington International Airport Ltd., January 24, 2018, accessed February 3, 2018 .