Ashburton Aerodrome

Ashburton Aerodrome
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAshburton Airport Authority
LocationAshburton, New Zealand
Elevation AMSL298 ft / 91 m
Coordinates43°54′12″S 171°47′48″E / 43.90333°S 171.79667°E / -43.90333; 171.79667 (Ashburton Aerodrome)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
02/20 2,943 897 Grass
06/24 4,554 1,388 Grass
11/29 3,360 1,024 Grass
16/34 3,543 1,080 Grass

Ashburton Aerodrome (IATA: ASG, ICAO: NZAS) is a small airport 2 NM (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) to the east of Ashburton township on the east coast of the South Island, New Zealand. Newmans Air operated a Christchurch to Queenstown service via Ashburton in the 1980s which allowed skiers to connect to the nearby skifield of Mt. Hutt. Currently there are no scheduled services operating to Ashburton.