WRE
Whangarei Airport
Whangarei Airport (IATA: WRE, ICAO: NZWR) is a medium airport in Whangarei, Northland Region, New Zealand. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,097 m (3,599 ft).
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap06/24081° / 261° · LIT
LENGTH1,097 m3,599 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt
14/32164° / 344°
LENGTH475 m1,558 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEGrass
Routes
5 destinations · 1 countryYear-round5
GBZGreat Barrier AerodromeNew Zealand · Sunair113 km70 miKATKaitaia AirportNew Zealand · Sunair125 km78 miAKLAuckland International AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand143 km89 miHLZHamilton International AirportNew Zealand · Sunair249 km155 miTRGTauranga AirportNew Zealand · Sunair267 km166 miMost destinationsSunair 4Air New Zealand 1
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from WRE. From the Wikipedia article “Whangarei Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: 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 channelsAFISCHRISTCHURCH FIS124.900
AWIBAWIB119.800
CTAFCTAF118.600