Airports / New Zealand / WIR
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
34 nm
To the nearest alternate
Gisborne Airport (GIS) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Wairoa Airport (NZWO / WIR) is a mid-sized airport serving Wairoa, New Zealand. Field elevation is 42 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list WIR as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Gisborne Airport (GIS, 34 nm), Hawke's Bay Airport (NPE, 37 nm), and Taupo Airport (TUO, 64 nm).
Trip costs from WIR 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 WIR to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
NZWO
IATA
WIR
FAA / Local
NZWO
Elevation
42 ft
Coordinates
39.0119° S · 177.4044° 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 42 ft, WIR sits lower than 66% 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.
- 34nmGISGisborne AirportGisborne
- 37nmNPEHawke's Bay AirportNapier
- 64nmTUOTaupo AirportTaupo
- 69nmWHKWhakatāne AirportWhakatāne
- 74nmROTRotorua Regional AirportRotorua
- 99nmTRGTauranga AirportTauranga
Location
Open the full mapNZWO · Wairoa Airport · Wairoa, New Zealand