HLZ

Hamilton International Airport

ICAO NZHN37.8670°S 175.3320°E52 m / 172 ftMedium airport
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Hamilton International Airport (IATA: HLZ, ICAO: NZHN) is a medium airport in Hamilton, Waikato Region, New Zealand. It has 5 runways; the longest is 2,059 m (6,755 ft). In 2022 it handled 283 thousand passengers.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Hamilton International Airport
18L/36R196° / 016° · LIT
LENGTH2,059 m6,755 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
18R/36L196° / 016°
LENGTH875 m2,871 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
07R/25L095° / 275°
LENGTH620 m2,033 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEOther
07/25095° / 275°
LENGTH620 m2,033 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEGrass
18/36
LENGTH—WIDTH—SURFACEOther

Passengers per year

2010–2022
57K
362K
354K
306K
294K
291K
303K
317K
353K
382K
358K
283K
101112131415161718192122

Routes

8 destinations · 2 countries
Most destinationsSunair 4Jetstar Airways 3Air New Zealand 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from HLZ. From the Wikipedia article “Hamilton Airport (New Zealand)” (revision of 1 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers283K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,375of 3,974 · #49 Oceania · #13 NZLongest runway2,059 m6,755 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#3,706of 29,823 · #105 Oceania · #5 NZElevation52 m172 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=34,619of 43,341 · =1,349 Oceania · #90 NZRunways51 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=14of 29,943 · =3 Oceania · =2 NZ
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
APPCHRISTCHURCH APP125.300
ATISATIS128.600
CTAFCTAF122.900
TWRTWR122.900