# Taupo Airport (TUO / NZAP)

**Taupo Airport** (IATA: TUO, ICAO: NZAP) is a medium airport in Taupo, Waikato Region, New Zealand. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,386 m (4,547 ft).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzap

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TUO / NZAP
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Taupo, Waikato Region, New Zealand
- Elevation: 407 m / 1,335 ft
- Coordinates: -38.7397, 176.0840
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,386 m / 4,547 ft
- Time zone: UTC+13/+12 · Pacific/Auckland
- Website: https://taupoairport.co.nz/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taup%C5%8D_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8762408
- Ident: NZAP

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 1,386 m / 4,547 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 196° / 016° | yes |
| 10/28 | 670 m / 2,198 ft | 32 m / 105 ft | Grass | 131° / 311° |  |

- 10/28 slopes 1.3%: threshold 10 at 394 m / 1,294 ft, threshold 28 at 403 m / 1,322 ft.

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [AKL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzaa.md) Auckland International Airport · New Zealand · 223 km / 139 mi · Air New Zealand

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from TUO, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- NZ [Air New Zealand](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-new-zealand) · 1

Former hub of [Eagle Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eagle-airways).

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,386 m / 4,547 ft | =8,028 of 29,858 | =544 in Oceania | #22 in NZ |
| Elevation | 407 m / 1,335 ft | =13,457 of 43,403 | =466 in Oceania | #17 in NZ |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =62 in Oceania | =28 in NZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | CHRISTCHURCH FIS | 123.600 |
| AWIB | AWIB | 125.200 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.400 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 118.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [ROT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzro.md) Rotorua Regional Airport · 73 km / 45 mi
- [NPE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nznr.md) Hawke's Bay Airport · 105 km / 66 mi
- [WHK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzwk.md) Whakatāne Airport · 116 km / 72 mi
- [HLZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzhn.md) Hamilton International Airport · 117 km / 73 mi
- [WIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzwo.md) Wairoa Airport · 118 km / 73 mi
- [TRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nztg.md) Tauranga Airport · 119 km / 74 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Taupō Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taupō_Airport&oldid=1363082218), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzap/data