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NZWU · WAG

Wanganui Airport

-39.96220°N
175.02499°W
ARR / DAY
59
▲ 54.5%
DEP / DAY
59
▲ 47.7%
ON-TIME
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schedules pending
AVG DELAY
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7d window

Wanganui Airport (NZWU/WAG) is a medium regional airport located in Wanganui, New Zealand, 140 km north of Lower Hutt. It features 6 runways with the longest being 4,521 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 59 arrivals and 59 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 2 carriers across 7 routes. The most active carrier is ZKN (ZKN). The busiest route is to Auckland International Airport (NZAA). At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 300 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
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Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
0

Current weather

From NZOH, 26 mi away (NZWU does not publish METAR)

44m ago
Temp
59°F
Wind
11 kts
320°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
NZOH 170030Z AUTO 32011KT 9999 BKN060/// 15/08 Q1006

Runways

6 installed

4,521 FT MAX
08/26
2,877 ft × 197
GRE○ unlit
11/29
N/A
UNK○ unlit
11C/29C
4,521 ft × 148
ASP● LIT
11L/29R
1,654 ft × 1
GRE○ unlit
11R/29L
2,756 ft × 279
GRE○ unlit
14/32
2,959 ft × 197
GRE○ unlit

Delays by hour

Avg minutes · local time · last 30 days

Schedule vs actual
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Top carriers

Share of flights

18 total
TOP 9 460
ZKN 78% AIR Transport (Chatham Islands) 6% Madikwe Charter CC 5% ZKF 3% ZKK 2% ZKL 2% ZKJ 2% Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit 1% Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators 1%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 30
WLG 25
NZJU 6
PMR 5
NZFI 5
NZRU 3

Carriers

See all + destinations → 18
ZKN
357
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
29
Madikwe Charter CC
25
ZKF
14
ZKK
9
ZKL
8
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ZKJ
8
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
5
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
5
ZKS
4
LFT
4
AIR Arabia ABU Dhabi
3
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
3
ZKZ
2
Skycharter (Malton)
2
ZKB
2
ZKP
2
ZKV
1

Destination network

Great-circle routes from NZWU · last 7d

4 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 11 AM · 1 movement every 300 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

Click any segment for full inspection

See all routes → 53 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
WAGAKL
Auckland, NZ
 AIR Transport (Chatham Islands) 25 0h 56m
WAGWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Madikwe Charter CC 20 0h 29m
WAGNZJU
Wanganui, NZ
 ZKN 5 0h 26m
WAGWLG
Wellington, NZ
 LFT 4 0h 32m
WAGAKL
Auckland, NZ
 ZKK 3 0h 50m
WAGNZRU
 ZKN 2 1h 3m
WAGNZ-0016
 ZKN 2 1h 21m
WAGPMR
 ZKK 2 0h 13m
WAGNZJT
Taumarunui, NZ
 ZKN 2 1h 8m
WAGNPE
Napier, NZ
 ZKN 2 1h 25m
WAGCHC
Christchurch, NZ
 Madikwe Charter CC 2 1h 8m
WAGAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Skycharter (Malton) 2 0h 50m
WAGBHE
Blenheim, NZ
 ZKJ 2 1h 14m
WAGPMR
 Madikwe Charter CC 2 0h 18m
WAGOAM
 AIR Transport (Chatham Islands) 2 1h 46m
WAGNZFI
Feilding, NZ
 ZKP 2 0h 23m
WAGNZFI
Feilding, NZ
 Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit 1 0h 35m
WAGOHA
 Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit 1 0h 17m
WAGMRO
Masterton, NZ
 Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit 1 0h 41m
WAGNZJB
Blenheim, NZ
 ZKN 1 1h 56m

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
60503
8/7/2007
Wanganui
Did some touch and gos here in a CT-4E dual flight in 2004
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