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Auckland Airport [5] (IATA: AKL, ICAO: NZAA) is an international airport serving Auckland, the most populous city of New Zealand. It is the largest and busiest airport in the country , with over 16 million passengers served in the year ended August 2023. [ 6 ]
Nadi International Airport, Fiji During the first of Fiji's coups d'état that year, Air New Zealand Flight 24, flying from Tokyo Narita to Auckland via Nadi, was hijacked at Nadi International Airport. An aircraft refueller entered the Boeing 747-200's cockpit and held the captain, first officer and flight engineer hostage for six hours ...
Mangere Aerodrome, named after a nearby suburb, was the original home of the Auckland Aero Club. It is now the site of Auckland Airport . Mangere Aerodrome's claim to fame was as the arrival point for New Zealand aviator, and aeroclub member, Jean Batten 's solo flight from the United Kingdom in 1936.
A Canadian woman allegedly attempted to smuggle 22 pounds of methamphetamine wrapped as Christmas presents through a New Zealand airport on Sunday, Dec. 8. According to a news release from the New ...
On 22 December 1978, a Cessna 188 aircraft, flown by an American private pilot, became lost over the Pacific Ocean.The only other aircraft in the area that was able to assist was a commercial Air New Zealand flight.
These scanners were first introduced at Auckland for international flights in June 2019 and at Dunedin for domestic flights in August 2019. Since then, they have been progressively rolled-out across all the airports to ensure compliance with international standards and detect aviation security threats that evade traditional screening methods.
The Airport Authorities (Publicising Lost Property Sales) Amendment Bill would allow airports to decide the best way to advertise lost property for sale. [8] The Bill was criticised by Labour, New Zealand First and ACT for being a minor law change that could have been achieved through other legislative means.
[24] 27 January was declared the wettest day in Auckland on record, with 258 mm (10.2 in) of rain at Auckland Airport exceeding the previous record of 161.8 mm (6.37 in). [ 25 ] [ 20 ] January 2023 was declared the wettest month ever in central Auckland by NIWA, with the total of 539 millimetres (21.2 inches) surpassing the 420 mm (17 in ...