Whenuapai Airport

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Whenuapai Airport is a former Royal New Zealand Air Force base near Auckland that served as the city’s main international airport in the mid-20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf airport
former military air base
cityServedHistorically Auckland NERFINISHED
continent Oceania
country New Zealand
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 100 feet
hasFunction air transport
airbase logistics
military training
hasIATACode none
hasICAOCode NZWP NERFINISHED
hasMilitaryRole RNZAF operations base
RNZAF transport hub NERFINISHED
hasRunway 03/21
08/26
historicalOperatorType civil
locatedIn Auckland Region NERFINISHED
Whenuapai NERFINISHED
locatedInCountrySubdivision Auckland Region NERFINISHED
locatedNear Auckland NERFINISHED
locatedOn Waitematā Harbour (upper reaches) NERFINISHED
militaryBranch Royal New Zealand Air Force NERFINISHED
namedAfter Whenuapai locality NERFINISHED
nearCity Auckland NERFINISHED
opened 1940
operatedBy Royal New Zealand Air Force NERFINISHED
operatorType military
partOf RNZAF Base Auckland NERFINISHED
primaryUseAfter1965 military operations GENERATED
regionServedHistorically North Island NERFINISHED
replacedBy Auckland Airport at Mangere NERFINISHED
Auckland International Airport NERFINISHED
runwaySurface asphalt
serves Auckland NERFINISHED
status active military base
statusForCivilInternationalFlights closed
timeZone New Zealand Standard Time NERFINISHED
timeZoneDST New Zealand Daylight Time NERFINISHED
usedAs international airport
usedAsMainInternationalAirportFor Auckland NERFINISHED
usedAsMainInternationalAirportFrom mid-1940s
usedAsMainInternationalAirportUntil 1965
usedBy civil aviation
military aviation

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