Kapiti Coast Airport
Kapiti Coast Airport | |||||||||||||||||||
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Aerial view of Kapiti Coast Airport looking towards Paraparaumu Beach | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Attended, Uncontrolled, Certificated Aerodrome | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Paraparaumu, Greater Wellington region | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 7 m / 22 ft | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°54′17″S 174°59′21″E / 40.90472°S 174.98917°E | ||||||||||||||||||
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PPQ Location of airport in the North Island | |||||||||||||||||||
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Kapiti Coast Airport (IATA: PPQ, ICAO: NZPP), also spelt Kāpiti Coast Airport and previously called Paraparaumu Airport, is on the Kāpiti Coast of New Zealand's North Island, between the Wellington dormitory suburbs of Paraparaumu Beach (to the west and north), Paraparaumu to the east, and Raumati Beach to the south. The Wharemauku Stream flows through part of the airport's land.
Originally government-owned, the Kapiti Coast Airport was the greater Wellington region's main airport until Wellington International Airport re-opened in 1959. It was privatised in 1995.