# Wanganui Airport (WAG / NZWU)

**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).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WAG / NZWU
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui Region, New Zealand
- Opened: 1954
- Elevation: 8 m / 27 ft
- Coordinates: -39.9635, 175.0244
- Runways: 6
- Longest runway: 1,378 m / 4,521 ft
- Time zone: UTC+13/+12 · Pacific/Auckland
- Website: http://www.wanganuiairport.co.nz/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whanganui_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7967807
- Weather station: NZOH · WMO 93401
- Ident: NZWU

## Timeline

- 1954: Wanganui Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11C/29C | 1,378 m / 4,521 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 131° / 311° | yes |
| 11/29 | 1,372 m / 4,501 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 127° / 307° |  |
| 11R/29L | 840 m / 2,756 ft | 85 m / 279 ft | Grass | 128° / 308° |  |
| 14/32 | 700 m / 2,297 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Grass | 157° / 337° |  |
| 08/26 | 530 m / 1,739 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Grass | 103° / 283° |  |
| 11L/29R | 504 m / 1,654 ft | 0 m / 1 ft | Grass | 128° / 308° |  |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [AKL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzaa.md) Auckland International Airport · New Zealand · 329 km / 204 mi · Air Chathams

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- CV [Air Chathams](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-chathams) · 1

Former hub of [Eagle Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eagle-airways).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,378 m / 4,521 ft | =8,059 of 29,858 | =549 in Oceania | #23 in NZ |
| Elevation | 8 m / 27 ft | =40,737 of 43,403 | =1,955 in Oceania | #149 in NZ |
| Age | Opened 1954 | =4,023 of 15,079 | =88 in Oceania | #9 in NZ |
| Runways | 6 | =4 of 29,978 | =1 in Oceania | #1 in NZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | OHAKEA CON | 120.400 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 120.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [OHA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzoh.md) RNZAF Base Ohakea · 41 km / 25 mi
- [PMR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzpm.md) Palmerston North Airport · 64 km / 40 mi
- [PPQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzpp.md) Paraparaumu Airport · 105 km / 65 mi
- [MRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzms.md) Hood Airport · 124 km / 77 mi
- [NPL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nznp.md) New Plymouth Airport · 129 km / 80 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Whanganui Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whanganui_Airport&oldid=1363087516), revision of 7 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/nzwu/data