Glentanner Aerodrome

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Glentanner Aerodrome
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorMr R K Ivey, Glentanner Station
LocationLake Pukaki
Elevation  AMSL 1,824 ft / 556 m
Coordinates 43°54′24″S170°07′42″E / 43.90667°S 170.12833°E / -43.90667; 170.12833
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
15/333,166965 Asphalt

Glentanner Aerodrome( IATA : GTN, ICAO : NZGT) is an aerodrome located at the north west end of Lake Pukaki in New Zealand. From 1987 onwards to their demise Newmans Air operated Dash-7 aircraft into Glentanner from Christchurch and Queenstown.

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Formerly used as a standby airport for Mount Cook Airlines if the Mount Cook Airport was closed due to inclement weather. Paved and capable of handling aircraft up to Hawker Siddeley HS748 size. A small bus transfer terminal with a couple of baggage trolleys were based at the strip. [1]

Air Safaris operates sightseeing flights at this aerodrome.

Dawn Aerospace uses Glentanner for test flights of their Aurora suborbital spaceplane with flights beginning in 2021. [2]

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References

  1. History of Mt Cook Airlines/pub1990
  2. "Watch: Rocket Lab rival runs test flights near Aoraki/Mt Cook". NZ Herald. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2024.

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