Airports / New Zealand / OHA
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
13 nm
To the nearest alternate
Palmerston North Airport (PMR) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
RNZAF Base Ohakea (NZOH / OHA) sits in New Zealand, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 164 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into OHA for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Palmerston North Airport (PMR, 13 nm), Wanganui Airport (WAG, 22 nm), and Paraparaumu Airport (PPQ, 46 nm).
Charter pricing from OHA depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from OHA.
Field capability
ICAO
NZOH
IATA
OHA
FAA / Local
NZOH
Elevation
164 ft
Coordinates
40.2060° S · 175.3880° 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 164 ft, OHA sits higher than 63% 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.
- 13nmPMRPalmerston North AirportPalmerston North
- 22nmWAGWanganui AirportWanganui
- 46nmPPQParaparaumu Airport
- 47nmMROHood AirportMasterton
- 72nmWLGWellington International AirportWellington
- 82nmNPEHawke's Bay AirportNapier
Location
Open the full mapNZOH · RNZAF Base Ohakea