About Tauranga Airport
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Tauranga Airport (IATA: TRG, ICAO: NZTG) is an airport serving the city of
Tauranga, New Zealand. It is located adjacent to Tauranga Harbour in the suburb
of Mount Maunganui, approximately 3 km northeast of Tauranga CBD. The terminal
is located to the north of the runway, on Jean Batten Drive, and consists of a
two-storey building with four tarmac gates.
As of 2017, Tauranga Airport is the tenth busiest airport in New Zealand based
on passenger traffic and the fifth busiest airport in New Zealand based on
aircraft movements. It is the busiest airport in the Bay of Plenty region in
terms of both passenger traffic and aircraft movements.
Air New Zealand serves
the airport through its subsidiaries
Mount Cook Airline and
Air Nelson, with flights to
Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. A further
two regional airlines also operate to the airport, as well as scenic and charter
flights, skydiving operations and general aviation.
In 2010 the airport undertook a further expansion of the terminal which took 6
months, and included larger check in and baggage claim areas as well as an
expansion of the terminal by 830 square metres. The apron was also expanded to
allow a fourth parking spot for overnight aircraft.[6] In January 2013, Air New
Zealand started using its subsidiary Mount Cook Airlines, which operates 68 seat
ATR 72 aircraft on selected flights. During 2016 the short lived Kiwi Regional
Airlines served Tauranga from Dunedin via Nelson with a 34-seat Saab 340A
aircraft.
In June 2022 Barrier Air announced a new air service from Tauranga to Great
Barrier Island which will commence in December, the route would be operated by a
Cessna Grand Caravan airplane.
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