Alexandra Aerodrome

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Alexandra Aerodrome (IATA: ALR, ICAO: NZLX) is an aerodrome 2 NM (3.7 km) north northwest of Alexandra, New Zealand.

The aerodrome saw South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand (SPANZ) operate Douglas DC-3 services from December 1960 to February 1966; then Mount Cook Airlines used Britten-Norman Islanders from 1969 to 1991, connecting to Dunedin and Queenstown. Goldfields Air flew during 1985-86 to Christchurch. Pacifica Air flew into Alexandra during 1988-89; and Airlink during 1989.

In 2007-2008 Mainland Air trialled scheduled services from Dunedin to Alexandra and Queenstown, but discontinued due to lack of patronage. Mainland Aviation College, a division of Mainland Air, set up a flight training college in late 2009. Currently there are no scheduled services in this Aerodrome.

The airport resides at an elevation of 752 ft (229 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 14R/32L with asphalt surface measuring 3,937 feet (1,200 m) in length. There is another grass runway parallel with the asphalt runway at this Aerodrome.