# Great Barrier Aerodrome (GBZ / NZGB)

**Great Barrier Aerodrome** (IATA: GBZ, ICAO: NZGB) is a small airport in Claris, Auckland Region, New Zealand. It has one runway, 930 m (3,051 ft) long, paved. It is operated by Auckland Council.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GBZ / NZGB
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Auckland Council
- Serves: Claris, Auckland Region, New Zealand
- Elevation: 6 m / 20 ft
- Coordinates: -36.2414, 175.4720
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 930 m / 3,051 ft
- Time zone: UTC+13/+12 · Pacific/Auckland
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Barrier_Aerodrome (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3914024
- Ident: NZGB

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 930 m / 3,051 ft | 9 m / 30 ft | Paved |  |  |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [WTZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzwt.md) Whitianga Airport · New Zealand · 68 km / 42 mi · Sunair
- [WRE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzwr.md) Whangarei Airport · New Zealand · 113 km / 70 mi · Sunair
- [TRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nztg.md) Tauranga Airport · New Zealand · 172 km / 107 mi · Sunair

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- ZU [Sunair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sunair) · 3

Former hub of [Great Barrier Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/great-barrier-airlines).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 930 m / 3,051 ft | =15,610 of 29,858 | =1,423 in Oceania | #59 in NZ |
| Elevation | 6 m / 20 ft | =41,280 of 43,403 | =2,015 in Oceania | =153 in NZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =41 in NZ |

## Nearby airports

- [NZOX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzox.md) Okiwi Station Airport · 12 km / 7.2 mi
- [NZKD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzkd.md) Motu Kaikoura Island Aerodrome · 15 km / 9.3 mi
- [NZGR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzgr.md) Great Mercury Airport · 47 km / 29 mi
- [CMV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzcx.md) Coromandel Airport · 61 km / 38 mi
- [NZOF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzof.md) Omaha Flats Airport · 65 km / 40 mi
- [WTZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzwt.md) Whitianga Airport · 68 km / 42 mi

## In collections

- [Shortest runways with airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/shortest-scheduled) #95

## 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: “Great Barrier Aerodrome”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great_Barrier_Aerodrome&oldid=1363040164), 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/nzgb/data