Westport Airport, which provides for Passenger, Commercial and Recreational operations, is a five minute drive from the town centre. The Westport Airport Authority is a joint venture operation between the Buller District Council and the Ministry of Transport. Management and control of the airport is vested in the Buller District Council, who oversee operations on a day-to-day basis.
The Airport terminal was refurbished in 2007, and provides high standards of passenger comfort and processing with Air New Zealand maintaining its terminal services in the building.
Westport Airport is currently serviced seven days a week by an Air New Zealand link flight direct from Wellington. The terminal is only open during scheduled Eagle Air Flights, this is Monday - Friday from 8am-10am and 4:30pm-6:30pm, Saturday and Sunday from 12pm-1:30pm.
In 2008 Council commissioned a new fuel facility that sells Avgas and Jet A1, a BP swipe card is all you need to access this supply.
Also in 2008 Council installed a new Pilot activated runway lighting system, this can be turned on by approaching aircraft from 16kms away, PAL 119 1 transmit 5 pulses of 0.3 Sec duration within 3 seconds activates the lights for 30 minutes.
Other regular airport users include crop dusters, recreational flyers and business charter flights, with the New Zealand military forces utilising the airport on occassion for training purposes.
For further information on the Westport airport, please contact the Buller District Council on (03) 788 - 9111.
For flight schedules, contact Air New Zealand on (03) 789 8703. Further information can be found on their websites - www.airnz.co.nz.
For landing charges, click on the pdf below -
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