Tokoroa Aerodrome

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Tokoroa Aerodrome
Summary
Airport typePublic use
OperatorSouth Waikato District Council
Location Tokoroa, New Zealand
Elevation  AMSL 1,221 ft / 372 m
Coordinates 38°14′12″S175°53′34″E / 38.23667°S 175.89278°E / -38.23667; 175.89278
Map
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Location of aerodrome in Waikato
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
13/312,788850 Bitumen
13/313,6741,120 Grass

Tokoroa Aerodrome( IATA : TKZ, ICAO : NZTO) is a public aerodrome owned by the South Waikato District Council and is located one nautical mile east-southeast of Tokoroa township in the Waikato region of New Zealand.

The airfield plays home to the Tokoroa and Districts Aero Club Inc. and a keen community of RC model aircraft flyers.

See also

Tokoroa Airfield website

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