WAG

Wanganui Airport

ICAO NZWU39.9635°S 175.0244°E8 m / 27 ftMedium airport
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Wanganui Airport (IATA: WAG, ICAO: NZWU) is a medium airport in Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui Region, New Zealand. It opened in 1954. It has 6 runways; the longest is 1,378 m (4,521 ft).

Timeline

1 event · 1954–1954
1954
OpenedWanganui Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Whanganui Airport Terminal
11C/29C131° / 311° · LIT
LENGTH1,378 m4,521 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
11/29127° / 307°
LENGTH1,372 m4,501 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
11R/29L128° / 308°
LENGTH840 m2,756 ftWIDTH85 m279 ftSURFACEGrass
14/32157° / 337°
LENGTH700 m2,297 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEGrass
08/26103° / 283°
LENGTH530 m1,739 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEGrass
11L/29R128° / 308°
LENGTH504 m1,654 ftWIDTH0 m1 ftSURFACEGrass

Routes

1 destinations · 1 country
100 km200 km300 km50 mi100 mi150 mi200 miAKL · Auckland International Airport · 329 km / 204 miAKLWAG

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from WAG. From the Wikipedia article “Whanganui Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,378 m4,521 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=8,055of 29,823 · =549 Oceania · #23 NZElevation8 m27 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,677of 43,341 · =1,939 Oceania · #134 NZAgeOpened 19542026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,023of 15,079 · =88 Oceania · #9 NZRunways61 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4of 29,943 · =1 Oceania · #1 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

2 channels
AFISOHAKEA CON120.400
CTAFCTAF120.200