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Whanganui Airport (IATA: WAG, ICAO: NZWU), named Wanganui Airport until 2016, is the airport that serves Whanganui, New Zealand. It is located to the south of Whanganui River, approximately 4 km from the centre of Whanganui. The airport has a single asphalt runway and three grass runways, and its single terminal has two gates.
Air New Zealand Link ATR72-500 at Palmerston North Airport Gulfstream G650 VP-CJR visiting the small regional airport late 2016. Palmerston North Airport (IATA: PMR, ICAO: NZPM), originally called Milson Aerodrome, is an airport in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand, serving Palmerston North and the Central North Island regions.
The Durie Hill Elevator in Whanganui operates as a public transport service in its own right. The region is unique in New Zealand for having an elevator as a public transport mode. The Durie Hill Elevator, in the city of Whanganui, provides access between the city centre and the suburb of Durie Hill and has been operating since 1919. [4] [5]
The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway. Whanganui is the 19th most-populous urban area in New Zealand and the second-most-populous in Manawatū-Whanganui, with a population of 42,500 as of June 2024.
The airport can be accessed by bus. 2 bus routes: 101 (Airport-Massey University) and 311 (Palmerston North-Feilding via Airport) connects the airport and city centre within 20 mins. The airport is presently the operational base of the Massey University School of Aviation. [116] The airport is also a freight hub for Parcelair. [117]
Manawatū-Whanganui takes up a large proportion of the lower half of the North Island. It is the second-largest local government region in the North Island and the sixth-largest in New Zealand, totalling 22,215 km 2 (8,577 sq mi) (8.1% of New Zealand's land area).
Whanganui District covers 2,373.27 km 2 (916.32 sq mi) [1] and had an estimated population of 48,600 as of June 2024, [2] with a population density of 20 people per km 2.All but some 6,100 people in the Whanganui District live in the city itself, meaning there are few prominent outlying settlements.
Springvale is a suburb of Whanganui, in the Whanganui District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. An extension to the residential urban boundary was proposed in 2018 to provide homes for another 575 homes. [3] The extension faced opposition. [4]