NZAP
Taupo Airport
VFR
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Name
Taupo Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
NZAP / TUO / NZAP
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
12:15 pm (NZST)
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Municipality
Taupo
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Coordinates
38° 44′ 22″ N 176° 5′ 2″ E
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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.