WHK

Whakatāne Airport

ICAO NZWK37.9222°S 176.9170°E6 m / 20 ftMedium airport
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Whakatāne Airport (IATA: WHK, ICAO: NZWK) is a medium airport in Whakatāne, Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand. It opened in 1963. It has 3 runways; the longest is 1,280 m (4,200 ft).

Timeline

1 event · 1963–1963
1963
OpenedWhakatāne Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
09L/27R113° / 293° · LIT
LENGTH1,280 m4,200 ftWIDTH31 m100 ftSURFACEAsphalt
09R/27L113° / 293°
LENGTH750 m2,461 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEGrass
09/27
LENGTH—WIDTH—SURFACE—

Routes

4 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsSunair 3Air Chathams 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from WHK. From the Wikipedia article “Whakatāne Airport” (revision of 26 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,280 m4,200 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=8,995of 29,823 · =672 Oceania · =31 NZElevation6 m20 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,220of 43,341 · =1,999 Oceania · =138 NZAgeOpened 19632026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,069of 15,079 · =103 Oceania · #12 NZRunways31 · 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

3 channels
AFISCHRISTCHURCH FIS125.500
CTAFCTAF118.600
PAL5 Pulses at 1s interval activates lights for 30min.118.600