Airports / New Zealand / MRO
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
30 nm
To the nearest alternate
Paraparaumu Airport (PPQ) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Masterton, New Zealand, Hood Airport (NZMS / MRO) operates as a mid-sized airport. Field elevation is 364 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list MRO as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Paraparaumu Airport (PPQ, 30 nm), Palmerston North Airport (PMR, 39 nm), and Wellington International Airport (WLG, 43 nm).
Trip costs from MRO are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from MRO to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
NZMS
IATA
MRO
FAA / Local
NZMS
Elevation
364 ft
Coordinates
40.9746° S · 175.6345° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs New Zealand fields
state range 4–2,153 ft
At 364 ft, MRO sits higher than 71% of the 38 New Zealand fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 30nmPPQParaparaumu Airport
- 39nmPMRPalmerston North AirportPalmerston North
- 43nmWLGWellington International AirportWellington
- 47nmOHARNZAF Base Ohakea
- 67nmWAGWanganui AirportWanganui
- 86nmBHEWoodbourne AirportBlenheim
Location
Open the full mapNZMS · Hood Airport · Masterton, New Zealand