NZAP Taupo Airport VFR

  • Name
    Taupo Airport
  • ICAO / IATA / GPS
    NZAP / TUO / NZAP
  • Type
  • Restriction
  • Region
  • Timezone
    10:12 am (NZST)
  • Municipality
    Taupo
  • Coordinates
    38° 44′ 22″ N 176° 5′ 2″ E
  • Elevation
    1’335 ft (407 m MSL)

About Taupo Airport

Taupō Airport (Māori: Te Papa Waka Rererangi o Taupō, (IATA: TUO, ICAO: NZAP)) is a small airport 8 km (5.0 mi) to the south of Taupō township on the eastern shores of Lake Taupō, New Zealand.

Scheduled flights are operated by Air New Zealand Link, using Bombardier DHC-8-Q300 from Auckland, and Sounds Air, operating from Wellington using Pilatus PC-12. The airport is a popular destination for private jets, due to its close proximity to trout fishing, golf, hunting, skiing and luxury resorts.

A number of small charter and training operations are also based here along with maintenance providers and a large search and rescue facility. Taupō Airport is the busiest parachute drop zone in New Zealand. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic there were two commercial tandem skydiving companies operating from the airport, however one has since gone out of business as a result.

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