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The airport takes its name from the local pioneer aviator, Richard Pearse, who allegedly flew in powered flight before the Wright Brothers.The airport is a small regional airport with one gate, one asphalt runway and two grass runways.
Richard Pearse Airport 27 m (89 ft) 1,280 m (4,199 ft) ... Map of airports in New Zealand with scheduled air services. See also. Transport in New Zealand;
Richard William Pearse (3 December 1877 – 29 July 1953) was a New Zealand farmer and inventor who performed pioneering aviation experiments. Witnesses interviewed many years afterwards describe observing Pearse flying and landing a powered heavier-than-air machine on 31 March 1903, nine months before the Wright brothers flew.
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10 NZ - New Zealand. 11 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... NZTU (TIU) – Richard Pearse Airport – Timaru; NZTZ – Te Anau Aerodrome – Te Anau ...
This is a list of the busiest airports in New Zealand by passenger numbers and aircraft movements. Passenger numbers are tabulated annually at the end of the financial year (30 June, for the majority of airports). The top 15 airports are shown. Auckland Airport Christchurch Airport Wellington Airport Queenstown Airport Nelson Airport Dunedin ...
In 2016, the 56th New Zealand Association of Women in Aviation Annual Rally and Conference was held at Mercer Airfield between 1 and 6 June. In addition to the NZAWA, members from the Australian Women Pilots' Association (AWPA) were also in attendance. [ 9 ]
The airport is New Zealand's 8th busiest and handled a total of 515,727 passengers in the 2016 financial year. The airport handles around 30 commercial passenger flights per day to and from Auckland, Christchurch, Hamilton and Nelson as well as cargo flights on week nights between Auckland and Christchurch.