Auckland Airport

Auckland Airport

Taunga Rererangi o Tāmaki-Makaurau
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorAuckland International Airport Limited
ServesAuckland
LocationRay Emery Drive, Māngere, Auckland, New Zealand
Opened29 January 1966; 58 years ago (1966-01-29)
Hub forAir New Zealand
Focus city forQantas
Operating base for
Time zoneNZST (UTC+12:00)
 • Summer (DST)NZDT (UTC+13:00)
Elevation AMSL7 m / 23 ft
Coordinates37°00′29″S 174°47′30″E / 37.00806°S 174.79167°E / -37.00806; 174.79167
Websitewww.aucklandairport.co.nz
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AKL/NZAA is located in New Zealand Auckland
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Location of airport in New Zealand
AKL/NZAA is located in New Zealand
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AKL/NZAA (New Zealand)
AKL/NZAA is located in Oceania
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05L/23R 9,652 2,525 Planned
05R/23L 11,598 3,535 Concrete
Statistics (2023/2024)
Passengers (YTD March 2024)18,340,020[1]
Aircraft movements (YTD March 2024)158,247[2]
Economic impact (2014)$5.4 billion[3]
Social impact (2014)81.2 thousand[3]
Source: WAD[4]

Auckland Airport[5] (IATA: AKL, ICAO: NZAA) is an international airport serving Auckland, the most populous city of New Zealand. It is the largest and busiest airport in the country, with over 16 million passengers served in the year ended August 2023.[6] 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 principal hub for Air New Zealand, and the New Zealand operating base for Jetstar.

The airport is one of New Zealand's most important infrastructure assets, providing several thousand jobs for the region. It handled 71 per cent of the country's international air passenger arrivals and departures in 2000.[7] It is one of only two commercial airports in New Zealand that can handle Airbus A380 jet 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.[8] 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.[9]

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.[10]

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  3. ^ a b "Auckland airport – Economic and social impacts". Ecquants. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
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  6. ^ "AIA Monthly Traffic Update Month July 2023 and August 2023 Preview". Auckland Airport.
  7. ^ "Tourism and migration 2000, Part 1: International passenger traffic". Statistics New Zealand. 2000. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
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  9. ^ "Auckland Int'l Airport Fast Facts". corporate.aucklandairport.co.nz. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  10. ^ "Building the gateway New Zealand needs: Multi-billion-dollar investment in future of travel at Auckland Airport". 17 March 2023.