Woodbourne Airport

Woodbourne Airport
IATA: BHE – ICAO: NZWB 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
Coordinates		41°31′06″S 173°52′13″E / 41.51833°S 173.87028°E / -41.51833; 173.87028
Website		www.blenheimairport.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 (2006[1])
Passenger throughput			197,879
Aircraft movements			10,669

Woodbourne Aerodrome (IATA: BHE, ICAO: NZWB) is a small, controlled aerodrome located 3NM (8 km) west of Blenheim in the South Island of New Zealand, on State Highway Six, Middle Renwick Road.

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. Woodbourne 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 twenty five minutes, and Eagle Airways operates 13 each weekday. Sometimes an Air National Jetstream 32 is chartered by the airline to augment operations. Eagle Airways also operates flights to Christchurch and Auckland.

Extension

A large extension has been proposed to make Woodbourne an International Airport, as Nelson Airport by the coast cannot be extended.^{[citation needed]}

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air New Zealand operated by Air Nelson	Auckland
Air New Zealand operated by Eagle Airways	Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington
Air2there	Paraparaumu, Wellington
Sounds Air	Wellington

References

1. ^ "Blenheim Airport". A-Z Publications. http://www.azworldairports.com/cfm/frame.cfm?src=http://www.azworldairports.com/airports/p2180bhe.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-05. 

• New Zealand AIP 4 AD

External links

• Airport information for NZWB at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
• Accident history for BHE / NZWB at Aviation Safety Network