Wigram Air Base

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Wigram_Air_Base
GPTKB entity
Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_base
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:No._29_Squadron_RNZAF
gptkbp:aircraft_operated gptkb:Grumman_Goose
gptkb:Cessna_208_Caravan
gptkb:Lockheed_C-130_Hercules
gptkb:Lockheed_P-3_Orion
gptkb:Douglas_DC-3
gptkb:Fairchild_PT-19
gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Beechcraft_T-34_Mentor
gptkb:Lockheed_L-188_Electra
gptkb:Beechcraft_Baron
gptkb:Embraer_EMB_120_Brasilia
gptkb:Earl
gptkb:Lockheed_Martin_F-16_Fighting_Falcon
gptkb:Fokker_F27_Friendship
gptkb:Lockheed_Hudson
gptkb:Piper_PA-28_Cherokee
gptkb:Piper_PA-18_Super_Cub
gptkb:Bombardier_Dash_8
gptkb:Avro_Anson
gptkb:Cessna_150
gptkb:Piper_PA-34_Seneca
gptkb:De_Havilland_Tiger_Moth
gptkb:Mc_Donnell_Douglas_A-4_Skyhawk
North American Harvard
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:No._4_Squadron_RNZAF
gptkb:No._5_Squadron_RNZAF
gptkb:No._6_Squadron_RNZAF
gptkbp:coordinates 43.5325° S, 172.6100° E
gptkbp:features hangars
runways
gptkbp:historical_event World War II operations
post-war aviation development
World War I training base
gptkbp:historical_significance first military air base in New Zealand
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wigram Air Base
gptkbp:is_used_for aviation training
gptkbp:location gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkbp:opened gptkb:1995
1916
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:military_base
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Wigram_Aerodrome
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:Ohakea_Air_Base
gptkbp:status decommissioned