# West Melton Aerodrome (NZWL)

**West Melton Aerodrome** (ICAO: NZWL) is a small airport in Canterbury Region, New Zealand. It has 4 runways; the longest is 997 m (3,271 ft).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / NZWL
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Canterbury Region, New Zealand
- Elevation: 95 m / 312 ft
- Coordinates: -43.4773, 172.3932
- Runways: 4
- Longest runway: 997 m / 3,271 ft
- Time zone: UTC+13/+12 · Pacific/Auckland
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Melton_Aerodrome (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7985885
- Weather station: NZCH · WMO 93780
- Ident: NZWL

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 997 m / 3,271 ft | 81 m / 266 ft | Grass | 064° / 244° |  |
| 17/35 | 690 m / 2,264 ft | 80 m / 263 ft | Grass | 194° / 014° |  |
| 11/29 | 636 m / 2,087 ft | 90 m / 295 ft | Grass | 134° / 314° |  |
| 04B/22B | 612 m / 2,008 ft | 15 m / 49 ft | Asphalt | 064° / 244° |  |

- 04B/22B slopes 1.1%: threshold 22B at 86 m / 283 ft, threshold 04B at 93 m / 305 ft.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 997 m / 3,271 ft | =14,619 of 29,858 | #1,342 in Oceania | #54 in NZ |
| Elevation | 95 m / 312 ft | =31,027 of 43,403 | #1,145 in Oceania | #79 in NZ |
| Runways | 4 | =41 of 29,978 | =9 in Oceania | =7 in NZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| MBZ | Mandetory Broadcast Zone | 119.200 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.200 |
| CTRL | Control | 120.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [NZFF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzff.md) Forest Field Aerodrome · 10 km / 6.5 mi
- [CHC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzch.md) Christchurch International Airport · 11 km / 7.0 mi
- [NZFE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzfe.md) Fernside Fields Airpark · 20 km / 13 mi
- [NZ-0011](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nz-0011.md) Worthy Lodge airstrip (Ladbrooks) · 21 km / 13 mi
- [NZ-0012](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nz-0012.md) Kings (Ladbrooks) · 21 km / 13 mi
- [NZRT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzrt.md) Rangiora Airfield · 24 km / 15 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [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/nzwl/data