Airports / New Zealand / WHK
Whakatāne Airport
NZWK / WHKWhakatāne, New ZealandELEV 20 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
31 nm
To the nearest alternate
Rotorua Regional Airport (ROT) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Whakatāne Airport (NZWK / WHK) is a mid-sized airport serving Whakatāne, New Zealand. The airport sits 20 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into WHK for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Rotorua Regional Airport (ROT, 31 nm), Tauranga Airport (TRG, 37 nm), and Taupo Airport (TUO, 63 nm).
Charter pricing from WHK depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Whakatane. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Whakatāne.
Field capability
ICAO
NZWK
IATA
WHK
FAA / Local
NZWK
Elevation
20 ft
Coordinates
37.9222° S · 176.9170° 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
Yes
Elevation vs New Zealand fields
state range 4–2,153 ft
At 20 ft, WHK sits lower than 79% 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.
- 31nmROTRotorua Regional AirportRotorua
- 37nmTRGTauranga AirportTauranga
- 63nmTUOTaupo AirportTaupo
- 67nmGISGisborne AirportGisborne
- 69nmWIRWairoa AirportWairoa
- 75nmHLZHamilton International AirportHamilton
Location
Open the full mapNZWK · Whakatāne Airport · Whakatāne, New Zealand