# Whitianga Airport (WTZ / NZWT)

**Whitianga Airport** (IATA: WTZ, ICAO: NZWT) is a small airport in Whitianga, Waikato Region, New Zealand. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,446 m (4,744 ft).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WTZ / NZWT
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Whitianga, Waikato Region, New Zealand
- Elevation: 3 m / 10 ft
- Coordinates: -36.8287, 175.6828
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,446 m / 4,744 ft
- Time zone: UTC+13/+12 · Pacific/Auckland
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitianga_Aerodrome (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7996498
- Ident: NZWT

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 1,446 m / 4,744 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Grass |  |  |
| 16/34 | 738 m / 2,421 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Grass |  |  |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [GBZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzgb.md) Great Barrier Aerodrome · New Zealand · 68 km / 42 mi · Sunair
- [TRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nztg.md) Tauranga Airport · New Zealand · 104 km / 65 mi · Sunair

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- ZU [Sunair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sunair) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,446 m / 4,744 ft | #7,557 of 29,858 | #463 in Oceania | #17 in NZ |
| Elevation | 3 m / 10 ft | =42,364 of 43,403 | =2,147 in Oceania | =165 in NZ |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =62 in Oceania | =28 in NZ |

## Nearby airports

- [CMV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzcx.md) Coromandel Airport · 16 km / 9.9 mi
- [NZUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzun.md) Pauanui Aerodrome · 27 km / 17 mi
- [NZGR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzgr.md) Great Mercury Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [TMZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzth.md) Thames Aerodrome · 38 km / 24 mi
- [WIK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzke.md) Waiheke Island Aerodrome · 53 km / 33 mi
- [AMZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzar.md) Ardmore Airport · 67 km / 42 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: “Whitianga Aerodrome”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whitianga_Aerodrome&oldid=1362724999), revision of 5 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/nzwt/data