Whenuapai Airport

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Whenuapai Airport is a former Royal New Zealand Air Force base near Auckland that served as the city’s main international airport in the mid-20th century.

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Whenuapai Airport canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf airport ⓘ
former military air base ⓘ
cityServedHistorically Auckland ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 100 feet ⓘ
hasFunction air transport ⓘ
airbase logistics ⓘ
military training ⓘ
hasIATACode none ⓘ
hasICAOCode NZWP ⓘ
hasMilitaryRole RNZAF operations base ⓘ
RNZAF transport hub ⓘ
linked to: RNZAF Base Auckland
hasRunway 03/21 ⓘ
08/26 ⓘ
historicalOperatorType civil ⓘ
locatedIn Auckland Region ⓘ
Whenuapai ⓘ
locatedInCountrySubdivision Auckland Region ⓘ
locatedNear Auckland ⓘ
locatedOn Waitematā Harbour (upper reaches) ⓘ
linked to: Waitematā Harbour
militaryBranch Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ
namedAfter Whenuapai locality ⓘ
linked to: Whenuapai
nearCity Auckland ⓘ
opened 1940 ⓘ
operatedBy Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ
operatorType military ⓘ
partOf RNZAF Base Auckland ⓘ
primaryUseAfter1965 military operations ⓘ
regionServedHistorically North Island ⓘ
replacedBy Auckland Airport at Mangere ⓘ
linked to: Auckland Airport

Auckland International Airport ⓘ
linked to: Auckland Airport
runwaySurface asphalt ⓘ
serves Auckland ⓘ
status active military base ⓘ
statusForCivilInternationalFlights closed ⓘ
timeZone New Zealand Standard Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST New Zealand Daylight Time ⓘ
usedAs international airport ⓘ
usedAsMainInternationalAirportFor Auckland ⓘ
usedAsMainInternationalAirportFrom mid-1940s ⓘ
usedAsMainInternationalAirportUntil 1965 ⓘ
usedBy civil aviation ⓘ
military aviation ⓘ

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