Rotorua Airport

Rotorua Airport
Taunga Rererangi o Rotorua (Māori)
Entrance to Rotorua Airport, 2013
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerRotorua District Council (100%)
OperatorRotorua Airport Limited
ServesRotorua and inland Bay of Plenty
LocationRotokawa, Rotorua, New Zealand
Time zoneNZST (UTC+12:00)
 • Summer (DST)NZDT (UTC+13:00)
Elevation AMSL285 m / 936 ft
Coordinates38°06′33″S 176°19′02″E / 38.10917°S 176.31722°E / -38.10917; 176.31722
Websiterotorua-airport.co.nz
Map
ROT
Location of airport in North Island
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18R/36L 2,114 6,936 Asphalt
18L/36R 773 2,536 Grass
Statistics (2023)
Passengers219,948
Source:

Rotorua Airport (Māori: Taunga Rererangi o Rotorua) (IATA: ROT, ICAO: NZRO) is an airport in Rotorua, New Zealand, located on Te Ngae Road (SH30) in the suburb of Rotokawa, approximately 6 km north east of Rotorua CBD. The terminal consists of a two-storey building with six tarmac gates and is home to a cafe, book store and conference room, followed by general aviation hangars located to both the north and the south of the main terminal with an avgas pump at the southern end of the apron. The airport's main runway (18R/36L) is 2114m long and is sealed with asphalt, accompanied with a shorter grass runway (18L/36R) which runs parallel to the main runway, although the proximity of the two runways means that they can't be used simultaneously.

Currently, the airport is served by Air New Zealand's regional subsidiaries with flights to Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, as well as a number of charter and scenic airlines also operate on a regular basis. In the past, the airport has been served by a number of airlines on domestic routes including Ansett New Zealand, Origin Pacific Airways and Qantas, the third of which were withdrawn in 2009 when Jetstar took over domestic flying from its parent. The airport received international services for the first time in December 2009 when Air New Zealand began flights from Sydney, although this service eventually ended in April 2015 partially due to its proximity to other airports such as Hamilton.