Palmerston North Airport

ICAO NZPM40.3206°S 175.6170°E46 m / 151 ftMedium airport

Palmerston North Airport (IATA: PMR, ICAO: NZPM) is a medium airport in Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui Region, New Zealand. It opened in 1931. It has 3 runways; the longest is 1,902 m (6,240 ft). In 2022 it handled 324 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1931–1931

1931

OpenedPalmerston North Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

07L/25R090° / 270° · LIT

LENGTH1,902 m6,240 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

07/25

LENGTH1,902 m6,240 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACE—

07R/25L090° / 270° · SLOPE 1.6%

LENGTH608 m1,995 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEGrass

Passengers per year

2011–2022

45K

449K

445K

455K

467K

516K

630K

658K

687K

498K

401K

324K

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Routes

4 destinations · 1 country

Year-round4

BHEWoodbourne AirportNew Zealand · Originair198 km123 mi NSNNelson AirportNew Zealand · Originair229 km142 mi AKLAuckland International AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand375 km233 mi CHCChristchurch International AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand, Originair435 km270 mi

Cargo2

AKLAuckland International AirportNew Zealand · Texel Air Australasia, Parcelair375 km233 mi CHCChristchurch International AirportNew Zealand · Texel Air Australasia, Parcelair435 km270 mi

Most destinationsOriginair 3Air New Zealand 2Texel Air Australasia 2Parcelair 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from PMR. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Palmerston North Airport” (revision of 21 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers324K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,304of 3,974 · #43 Oceania · #10 NZ Longest runway1,902 m6,240 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,277of 29,823 · #150 Oceania · #8 NZ Elevation46 m151 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=35,171of 43,341 · =1,401 Oceania · #95 NZ AgeOpened 19312026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=452of 15,079 · =16 Oceania · #2 NZ Runways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =22 Oceania · =13 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

5 channels

APPOHAKEA APP125.100

ATISATIS129.700

CTAFCTAF120.600

GNDGND121.700

TWRTWR120.600