Palmerston North Airport

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Palmerston North Airport
Palmerston North Airport Terminal building from apron.JPG
Characteristics
ICAO code NZPM
IATA code PMR
Coordinates

40 ° 19 ′ 14 ″  S , 175 ° 37 ′ 1 ″  E Coordinates: 40 ° 19 ′ 14 ″  S , 175 ° 37 ′ 1 ″  E
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

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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

Source: Palmerston North Airport
Palmerston North Airport traffic figures 2001-2019
business
year		 Passenger volume
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
  1. ↑ 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

Commons : Palmerston North International Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Corporate Information. PNAirport.co.nz, accessed March 16, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Airport plan. PNAirport.co.nz, accessed September 16, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b Airport Tenants. PNAirport.co.nz, accessed September 16, 2019 .
  4. ^ Departures. PNAirport.co.nz, accessed September 16, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Flight Schedules. AirNewZealand .co.nz, accessed on September 16, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Flights. Jetstar .com, accessed September 15, 2019 .
  7. ↑ a b Overview. PNAirport.co.nz, accessed September 16, 2019 .
  8. ↑ a b Corporate Info. PNAirport.co.nz, accessed September 16, 2019 .
  9. ^ Accident report DHC-8-100, Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 25, 2019.