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Hood Aerodrome

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crossing in 1928. The aerodrome is used extensively for general aviation flights, and has also been used for commercial flights, Air New Zealand stopped serving the airport from 5 February 2014. Two new airlines have looked at re-instating a service to Auckland using larger aircraft but the runway
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D aircraft. In September 2013, Air New Zealand announced the airline would withdraw all services to Masterton from 5 February 2014, due to a lack of demand. The airport is working on a plan to reinstate an air service to Auckland with an invitation to the airlines underway.
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which linked Masterton with Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, Nelson and Christchurch from August 1981 to January 1997. Then a new airline
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Work to widen the main runway and expand the apron is in the planning stage. The budget set for this project is $ 17 million.
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The aerodrome is the home of New Zealand's 'Sports and Vintage Aviation Society', which has had a hangar on site since 1978.
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said in February 2024 that they are interested in serving Masterton to Auckland once the aerodrome upgrades are complete.
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Grass runway 06L/24R closed in November 2019 following an independent review of operations at the aerodrome.
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The Masterton Aerodrome was opened in 1931. Historically, Hood Aerodrome has been served by
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briefly flew to Auckland via Paraparumu in 2002. Between February 2009 and February 2014,
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will need to be lengthened to 1400m and widened to 30m first before it can start.
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flew to Auckland from Masterton. The flights were operated by 19-seat
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Transport buildings and structures in the Wellington Region
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The aerodrome land also hosts a purpose built dragstrip.
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Wings over Wairarapa
IATA
ICAO
Masterton District Council
Masterton
Carterton
Martinborough
Masterton
New Zealand
AMSL
Coordinates
40°58′30″S 175°38′00″E / 40.97500°S 175.63333°E / -40.97500; 175.63333
http://hoodaerodrome.org.nz/
MRO is located in North Island
Runways
Direction
IATA
ICAO
Masterton
New Zealand
Solway
George Hood
Trans-Tasman
South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand
Wairarapa Airlines
Air Wairarapa
Eagle Airways
Air New Zealand Link
Beechcraft 1900
Air Chathams

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