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Wellington International Airport [4] (IATA: WLG, ICAO: NZWN) — formerly known as Rongotai Aerodrome or Rongotai Airport, or simply Wellington Airport — is an international airport located in the suburb of Rongotai in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand. It lies 5.5 km (3.0 nmi; 3.4 mi) south-east from the city centre.
Wellington: NZWN WLG Wellington Airport 12 m (41 ft) 1,815 m (5,955 ft) West Melton ... Map of airports in New Zealand with scheduled air services. See also
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Until about the 15th century, the Rongotai isthmus was probably a shallow channel known as Te Awa a Tia. The only part of the current isthmus above water was the small hill which now has the airport control tower on it; the Miramar Peninsula was an island known as Te Motu Kairangi at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
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Lyall Bay was earlier known as False Bay, because ships would mistake the bay for the entrance to Wellington Harbour. [8] A Māori name for the beach was Hue te para, which literally means 'gourd' (hue), 'the' (te), and 'ripe' (para) [1] Writing in 1919, Elsdon Best stated that Hue te para appeared on a map drawn by Crawford but that none of the Māori he had spoken to knew of that name.
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The hill was flattened during construction of Wellington Airport from the 1930s to the 1950s, with spoil used for reclamation in Lyall Bay and for other road works. [6] [7] [8] Some houses at the northern end of Moa Point were relocated or removed and the promontory that existed there is now under the airport.