NZAS
Ashburton Aerodrome
MVFR
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Name
Ashburton Aerodrome
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
NZAS / ASG / NZAS
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
5:50 pm (NZST)
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Coordinates
43° 54′ 11″ N 171° 47′ 49″ E
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Elevation
298 ft (91 m MSL)
About Ashburton Aerodrome
Ashburton Aerodrome (IATA: ASG, ICAO: NZAS) is a small airport 2 NM (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) to the east of Ashburton township on the east coast of the South Island, New Zealand. Newmans Air operated a Christchurch to Queenstown service via Ashburton in the 1980s which allowed skiers to connect to the nearby skifield of Mt. Hutt. Currently there are no scheduled services operating to Ashburton.