Auckland Airport
Auckland Airport (Māori: Taunga Rererangi o Tāmaki-Makaurau) (IATA: AKL, ICAO: NZAA) is the largest and busiest airport in New Zealand, with over 16 million passengers served in the year ended August 2023. The airport is located near Māngere, a residential suburb, and Airport Oaks, a service-hub suburb 21 kilometres (13 mi) south of the Auckland city centre. It serves as the domestic and international hub for Air New Zealand, and the New Zealand hub of Jetstar.
Auckland Airport Taunga Rererangi o Tāmaki-Makaurau (Māori) | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Auckland International Airport Limited | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Auckland | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 29 January 1966 | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 7 m / 23 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°00′29″S 174°47′30″E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | aucklandairport | ||||||||||||||
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The airport is one of New Zealand's most important infrastructure assets, providing thousands of jobs for the region. It handled 71 per cent of the country's international air passenger arrivals and departures in 2000. It is one of only two commercial airports in New Zealand that can handle Boeing 747 or Airbus A380 aircraft (the other being Christchurch).
The airport has a single 3,535 m (11,598 ft) runway, 05R/23L, which is Cat IIIb capable (at a reduced rate of movements) in the 23L direction. It has a capacity of about 45 flight movements per hour, and is currently the busiest single-runway airport in Oceania. In November 2007 work began on a new northern runway, to be built in several stages and to be used mainly by smaller aircraft, freeing up capacity on the main runway. The project was delayed several times and as of 2023 no date has been announced for its completion. The airport currently covers 1,500 hectares (5.8 sq. miles) of airport property.
Currently there are two terminals: International and Domestic. In 2023 the airport announced plans for all jet flights to use a single, expanded terminal, with turboprop flights continuing to use the existing domestic terminal.