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NZWU · WAG

Wanganui Airport

-39.96220°N
175.02499°W
ARR / DAY
68
▼ 11.6%
DEP / DAY
70
▼ 11.0%
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 68 arrivals and 70 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 1 carrier across 11 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)

51m ago
Temp
57°F
Wind
5 kts
350°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
NZOH 131330Z AUTO 35005KT 9999 BKN023/// BKN050/// 14/13 Q1016

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

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Top carriers

Share of flights

14 total
TOP 9 549
ZKN 83% AIR Transport (Chatham Islands) 5% ZKF 4% Madikwe Charter CC 3% ZKL 2% LFT 1% ZKK 1% ZKE 1% ZKW 1%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 30
WLG 14
NZFI 8
NZJU 6
PMR 6
NZHA 5

Carriers

See all + destinations → 14
ZKN
457
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
27
ZKF
20
Madikwe Charter CC
14
ZKL
10
LFT
8
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ZKK
7
ZKE
3
ZKW
3
ZKS
2
Skycharter (Malton)
2
ZKB
2
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
1
ZKJ
1

Destination network

Great-circle routes from NZWU · last 7d

5 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 12 PM · 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

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See all routes → 44 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
WAGAKL
Auckland, NZ
 AIR Transport (Chatham Islands) 27 0h 58m
WAGWLG
Wellington, NZ
 LFT 8 0h 30m
WAGNZJU
Wanganui, NZ
 ZKN 6 0h 31m
WAGWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Madikwe Charter CC 6 0h 30m
WAGNZHA
Hawera, NZ
 ZKN 5 1h 0m
WAGNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 ZKN 5 1h 26m
WAGPMR
 Madikwe Charter CC 4 0h 16m
WAGTUO
Taupo, NZ
 ZKN 2 1h 36m
WAGNZJT
Taumarunui, NZ
 ZKN 2 1h 2m
WAGNSN
Nelson, NZ
 ZKN 2 1h 34m
WAGHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 Madikwe Charter CC 2 0h 40m
WAGNZFI
Feilding, NZ
 ZKN 2 1h 26m
WAGPMR
 ZKK 2 0h 14m
WAGTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 ZKW 2 1h 15m
WAGNZFI
Feilding, NZ
 ZKK 2 0h 34m
WAGAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Skycharter (Malton) 2 0h 54m
WAGNZFI
Feilding, NZ
 Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit 1 0h 25m
WAGTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 ZKK 1 0h 35m
WAGNZVR
Taihape, NZ
 ZKL 1 0h 13m
WAGNZJT
Taumarunui, NZ
 ZKL 1 0h 28m

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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