NZMS
Hood Airport
MVFR
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Name
Hood Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
NZMS / MRO / NZMS
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- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
10:09 pm (NZST)
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Municipality
Masterton
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Coordinates
40° 58′ 28″ N 175° 38′ 4″ E
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Elevation
364 ft (111 m MSL)
About Hood Airport
Hood Aerodrome (IATA: MRO, ICAO: NZMS) is an aerodrome, located in Masterton, New Zealand, it is located 1 NM South West of the town centre in the suburb of Solway. The aerodrome was named after George Hood, a pioneer Masterton aviator who died trying to make the first Trans-Tasman crossing in 1928. The aerodrome is used extensively for general aviation flights, and has also been used for commercial flights, Air New Zealand stopped serving the airport from 5 February 2014. Two new airlines have looked at re-instating a service to Auckland using larger aircraft but the runway will need to be lengthened to 1400m and widened to 30m first before it can start.