Woodbourne Airport

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Woodbourne Airport
File:BlenheimAirportMarlboroughNew Zealand.jpg
IATA: BHE – ICAO: NZWB
BHE is located in New Zealand Marlborough
BHE
BHE
Location of airport in Marlborough
Summary
Airport type Public and Military
Operator Marlborough Airport Ltd
Serves Blenheim, New Zealand
Location State Highway 6, Blenheim, New Zealand
Elevation AMSL 33 m / 109 ft
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Website www.marlboroughairport.co.nz
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06R/24L 1,425 4,675 Bitumen
06L/24R 1,425 4,675 Grass
10/28 1,182 3,878 Grass
Statistics (2014[1][2])
Passenger throughput 241,173
Landings 9,399
Aircraft movements (2010) 22,829

Woodbourne Aerodrome (IATA: BHE, ICAO: NZWB) trading as Marlborough Airport is a small, controlled airport located 3NM (8 km) west of Blenheim in the Marlborough region of New Zealand, on State Highway Six, Middle Renwick Road. It is a busy regional airport co-located with RNZAF Base Woodbourne in the Wairau Valley on the north-eastern corner of the South Island of New Zealand. The airport has a single terminal and 7 tarmac gates.

History

Woodbourne was one of the first airports in New Zealand. Today it is one of the few remaining air force bases (RNZAF Base Woodbourne); with general maintenance and initial training conducted there.

It also serves as the civil airport for Blenheim. Runway 06R/24L was sealed for Fokker Friendships in 1961, and was one of the first regional airports in the country to take turboprop aircraft.

Today it has more frequent operations, with Air New Zealand's regional subsidiary Eagle Airways using Beechcraft 1900 and Air Nelson using Bombardier Q300 aircraft. The busiest route from Blenheim remains across the Cook Strait to Wellington, 80 km to the north-east; flights take only 25 minutes. Nightly Air Post flights operated by Fokker Friendship aircraft carry post from the North Island.

The terminal building is scheduled for major renovation in 2014 to cope with growing passenger demand and increased use by larger aircraft types. The redevelopment includes extension of the apron along with new check-in, baggage claim facilities and additional car parking.[3]

The airport was the 13th busiest in New Zealand during 2015, based on passenger numbers.

File:Marlborough Airport terminal.JPG
Marlborough Airport terminal building in 2012
File:Jetstream, Blenheim, 13 April 2007 - Flickr - PhillipC.jpg
Air National Jetstream 32 on the tarmac at Blenheim
File:RNZAF Boeing 727-200 Pryde.jpg
RNZAF Boeing 727-200 seen here at Blenheim, this is now on static display

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines Destinations
Air New Zealand Link
operated by Air Nelson		 Auckland, Christchurch (begins 2 May 2016),[citation needed] Wellington
Air New Zealand Link
operated by Eagle Airways		 Christchurch (ends 1 May 2016),[4] Wellington (ends 21 April 2016)[4]
Air New Zealand Link
operated by Mount Cook Airline		 Auckland (begins 9 February 2016)[citation needed]
Air2there Kapiti Coast, Nelson
Sounds Air Kapiti Coast, Napier,[5] Wellington[6]
Tauck Tours
operated by Alliance Airlines[7]		 Charter: Te Anau[8]

Cargo

Airlines Destinations
Airwork
operated for New Zealand Post		 Auckland, Christchurch

See also

References

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External links

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