# Kaitaia Airport (KAT / NZKT)

**Kaitaia Airport** (IATA: KAT, ICAO: NZKT) is a medium airport in Awanui, Northland Region, New Zealand. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,402 m (4,600 ft).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KAT / NZKT
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Awanui, Northland Region, New Zealand
- Elevation: 82 m / 270 ft
- Coordinates: -35.0698, 173.2871
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,402 m / 4,600 ft
- Time zone: UTC+13/+12 · Pacific/Auckland
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaitaia_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6348587
- Ident: NZKT

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 1,402 m / 4,600 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 143° / 323° | yes |
| 18/36 | 1,277 m / 4,190 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Gravel | 201° / 021° |  |

- 12/30 slopes 1.0%: threshold 12 at 68 m / 223 ft, threshold 30 at 82 m / 270 ft.

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [WRE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzwr.md) Whangarei Airport · New Zealand · 125 km / 78 mi · Sunair

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- ZU [Sunair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sunair) · 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 | 1,402 m / 4,600 ft | =7,734 of 29,858 | =490 in Oceania | #20 in NZ |
| Elevation | 82 m / 270 ft | =32,062 of 43,403 | =1,203 in Oceania | #85 in NZ |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =62 in Oceania | =28 in NZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | CHRISTCHURCH FIS | 127.100 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 119.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [NZ-0046](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nz-0046.md) Puriri Block Airstrip · 4.6 km / 2.8 mi
- [NZ-0045](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nz-0045.md) Sandhills Airstrip · 6.8 km / 4.2 mi
- [NZ-0047](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nz-0047.md) Fisher Riley North Airstrip · 7.3 km / 4.5 mi
- [NZ-0048](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nz-0048.md) Fisher Riley South Airstrip · 8.4 km / 5.2 mi
- [NZ-0049](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nz-0049.md) Pamapuria Airstrip · 10 km / 6.4 mi
- [NZ-0050](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nz-0050.md) Te Rore Airstrip · 15 km / 9.2 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: “Kaitaia Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaitaia_Airport&oldid=1363046891), 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/nzkt/data