Whenuapai Airport

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Whenuapai Airport is a former Royal New Zealand Air Force base near Auckland that served as the city’s main international airport in the mid-20th century.

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Whenuapai Airport canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf airport
former military air base
cityServedHistorically Auckland
continent Oceania
country New Zealand
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 100 feet
hasFunction air transport
airbase logistics
military training
hasIATACode none
hasICAOCode NZWP
hasMilitaryRole RNZAF operations base
RNZAF transport hub
linked to: RNZAF Base Auckland
hasRunway 03/21
08/26
historicalOperatorType civil
locatedIn Auckland Region
Whenuapai
locatedInCountrySubdivision Auckland Region
locatedNear Auckland
locatedOn Waitematā Harbour (upper reaches)
linked to: Waitematā Harbour
militaryBranch Royal New Zealand Air Force
namedAfter Whenuapai locality
linked to: Whenuapai
nearCity Auckland
opened 1940
operatedBy Royal New Zealand Air Force
operatorType military
partOf RNZAF Base Auckland
primaryUseAfter1965 military operations
regionServedHistorically North Island
replacedBy Auckland Airport at Mangere
linked to: Auckland Airport

Auckland International Airport
linked to: Auckland Airport
runwaySurface asphalt
serves Auckland
status active military base
statusForCivilInternationalFlights closed
timeZone New Zealand Standard Time
timeZoneDST New Zealand Daylight Time
usedAs international airport
usedAsMainInternationalAirportFor Auckland
usedAsMainInternationalAirportFrom mid-1940s
usedAsMainInternationalAirportUntil 1965
usedBy civil aviation
military aviation

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