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Focus on Wellington (NZWN)
Tonight's Sunday Night Ops sees the focus on the Nation's capital, WELLINGTON.
Fly to or from Wellington from any other airport in New Zealand (or overseas) and keep the controllers busy between 19:00 NZDT and 22:00 NZDT (06:00-09:00 UTC).
Rongotai Airport became an aerodrome in 1929, but the Wellington Airport we know today opened officially on 24 October 1959 with thousands of spectators there to witness the event.
The opening of the airport went ahead with a temporary terminal, affectionately called the “tin shed”; it ended up being a little more than temporary – lasting until 1999 when the new terminal was finally built in its place.
The airport has 30 stands in total for aircraft parking from Code E to Code B with international and domestic swing capability.
Single runway 2000m long by 45m wide.
Prior to COVID-19 the airport regularly saw aircraft as large as the Airbus A350-900 so is well suited to most aircraft types.
Airports
NZWN Wellington, New Zealand
Arrivals
- Wellington — Arrival/Departure (1) & (2)
- Wellington — Noise Abatement (1) & (2)
- Wellington — Noise Abatement (3) & (4)
- Wellington — RNAV STAR RWY 16 (1) & (2)
- Wellington — RNAV STAR RWY 16 (3) & (4)
- Wellington — RNAV STAR RWY 16 (5) & (6)
- Wellington — RNAV STAR RWY 34 (1) & (2)
- Wellington — RNAV STAR RWY 34 (3) & (4)
- Wellington — RNAV STAR RWY 34 (5)
- Wellington — VFR Arrival Procedures (1) & (2)
Approaches
Ground
Departures
- Wellington — RNAV SID RWY 16 (1) & (2)
- Wellington — RNAV SID RWY 16 (3) & (4)
- Wellington — RNAV SID RWY 16 (5) & (6)
- Wellington — RNAV SID RWY 16 (7), RADAR SID RWY 16
- Wellington — RNAV SID RWY 34 (1) & (2)
- Wellington — RNAV SID RWY 34 (3) & (4)
- Wellington — RNAV SID RWY 34 (5) & (6)
- Wellington — RNP SID RWY 34 (AR) (1) & (2)
- Wellington — RNP SID RWY 34 (AR) (3), RADAR SID RWY 34
- Wellington — VFR Departure Procedures (1) & (2)
Standard Route Clearances
Miscellaneous
Positions
| Callsign | Radio Name | FrequencyFreq | |
|---|---|---|---|
| APP | NZWN_APP | Wellington Approach | 119.300 |
| DEP | NZWN_DEP | Wellington Departures | 122.300 |
| TWR | NZWN_TWR | Wellington Tower | 118.800 |
| GND | NZWN_GND | Wellington Ground | 121.900 |
| DEL | NZWN_DEL | Wellington Delivery | 128.200 |
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