# Forest Field Aerodrome (NZFF)

**Forest Field Aerodrome** (ICAO: NZFF) is a small airport in Canterbury Region, New Zealand. It has 3 runways; the longest is 1,000 m (3,281 ft).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / NZFF
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Canterbury Region, New Zealand
- Elevation: 116 m / 381 ft
- Coordinates: -43.3858, 172.3610
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 1,000 m / 3,281 ft
- Time zone: UTC+13/+12 · Pacific/Auckland
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Field_Aerodrome (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5468859
- Weather station: NZCH · WMO 93780
- Ident: NZFF

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 1,000 m / 3,281 ft | 40 m / 131 ft | Grass |  |  |
| 10/28 | 750 m / 2,461 ft | 50 m / 164 ft | Grass |  |  |
| 05/23 | 730 m / 2,395 ft | 50 m / 164 ft | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,000 m / 3,281 ft | =13,636 of 29,858 | =1,151 in Oceania | =51 in NZ |
| Elevation | 116 m / 381 ft | =29,451 of 43,403 | =1,050 in Oceania | #67 in NZ |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =22 in Oceania | =13 in NZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Unattended |  | 119.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [NZWL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzwl.md) West Melton Aerodrome · 10 km / 6.5 mi
- [NZFE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzfe.md) Fernside Fields Airpark · 14 km / 8.9 mi
- [CHC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzch.md) Christchurch International Airport · 18 km / 11 mi
- [NZRT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzrt.md) Rangiora Airfield · 18 km / 11 mi
- [NZ-0011](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nz-0011.md) Worthy Lodge airstrip (Ladbrooks) · 31 km / 19 mi
- [NZ-0012](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nz-0012.md) Kings (Ladbrooks) · 31 km / 19 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [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/nzff/data