Whangarei Airport (WRE/NZWR)

Whangarei, New Zealand

The airport has 2 runways; the longest is 06/24 at 1,097 m (3,599 ft). Its elevation is 41 m (133 ft).

Weather

There is no current aviation weather report for this airport. Some airports only report during certain hours.

Forecast

No valid forecast (TAF) for this airport.

  • Local time 15:07 (UTC+13)
  • Sunrise 06:21
  • Sunset 19:51

METAR/TAF log

Aviation weather reports issued in the last 24 hours, newest first. Times are the airport’s local time (currently UTC+13), with UTC alongside. METAR is the routine report, SPECI a special report issued when the weather changes significantly, and TAF the aerodrome forecast.

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Reports are kept for 30 days; the last 7 days are available from the API.

Live air traffic

The airport is outside the live data fetch area: no data is fetched for aircraft around it, so they may not appear on the live map.

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Flight counts, delays and cancellations

Not available yet. Daily departure and arrival counts, delays and cancellations need airline schedule data, which Airline.live does not use yet. ADS-B only shows where an aircraft is; it cannot tell a flight’s scheduled time, delay or cancellation. This page therefore does not show or estimate them. For the status of your flight, check with your airline or the airport operator.

Landings and take-offs observed through ADS-B, and the runways in use, will be added in a later version, shown as “observed” movements rather than schedules. For the limits of ADS-B, see the About page.

Key facts

IATA code
WRE
ICAO code
NZWR
Type
Medium airport
Country
New Zealand
Municipality served
Whangarei
Airport reference point
35.7693° S, 174.3637° E35° 46′ 09″ S, 174° 21′ 49″ E
Elevation
41 m (133 ft)
Runways
2

Runways

Runways at Whangarei Airport
RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceLightingTrue bearing
06/241,097 m (3,599 ft)30 mAsphaltYes06 81°24 261°
14/32475 m (1,558 ft)60 mGrassNot recorded14 164°32 344°

Bearings are relative to true north; runway names come from the magnetic bearing.

Nearest airports

  1. Kerikeri Airport (KKE), New Zealand: 70 km
  2. Kaitaia Airport (KAT), New Zealand: 125 km
  3. Auckland International Airport (AKL), New Zealand: 143 km

Distances are straight-line distances between airport reference points.