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36-502: Hamilton Airport may refer to Hamilton Airport (New Zealand) Hamilton Airport (Victoria) , Australia Hamilton Municipal Airport (New York) , United States Hamilton Municipal Airport (Texas) , United States Butler County Regional Airport , Ohio, United States John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport , Canada L.F. Wade International Airport , 6 nautical miles off Hamilton, Bermuda [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

72-546: A 1927 fire, until the Board again merged with the County. From 1876 to 1888, Raglan County Council meetings were held in Raglan. However, Raglan wasn't central for the county, so meetings then alternated between Raglan and Whatawhata. On 15 May 1901, Raglan County held its first meeting in its new chambers at Ngāruawāhia, though continuing with at least an annual meeting in Raglan. In 1908,

108-579: A 60 per cent increase in floorspace with improved baggage handling areas, better international and domestic check-in space, and passenger security screening. It was completed in late 2007. Hugh McCarroll was the airport's chief executive from the early 2000s until retirement in February 2006. The current chief executive is Mark Morgan. In 1994, the airport became a terminal for Trans Tasman air routes, with charter flights provided on Boeing 727s by Kiwi Travel International Airlines (not to be confused with

144-619: A full range of flight training from recreational flying in Light Sport Aircraft through to commercial Multi-Engine IFR. The airport currently accommodates many different types of aircraft, from piston-engined light aircraft to commercial turboprop aircraft such as the ATR 72 . The airport can handle all light business jets as well as 40-to-80-seat regional jets such as the Embraer E195 and Bombardier CRJ200 . Several airliners can operate from

180-503: A hundred years from their formation in 1876. They had been preceded by Highways Boards, formed from 1866. Before that, there had been many complaints about Auckland Province spending a disproportionate amount in Auckland. For example, in 1867 27 Raglan settlers petitioned the House of Representatives asking it to replace provinces with local government and saying that, out of a £500,000 loan to

216-489: A long journey. Services provided refueling as well as food and rest for the incoming pilots. Travel by air began to blossom soon after the war was over, and, in 1950, the airport received its first commercial flight. The main runway was sealed in 1965, and turboprop flights began to Hamilton that year, with NAC's Fokker Friendship aircraft operating. The runway was further lengthened to accommodate Vickers Viscount, 1970, and ultimately Boeing 737 aircraft types in 1975. In 1989,

252-486: A loom factory, when it burnt down on 18 November 1971. Waikato District has 5 community boards covering Huntly , Ngāruawāhia and Raglan (formed 1989), Taupiri (added 1992) and Onewhero- Tuakau (added in 2010 covering part of the former Franklin District). The District also has 5 Community Committees for the townships of Meremere, Te Kauwhata (they had Community Boards from 1992 to 1995), and Tamahere ward, along with

288-665: A major wine region. At the 2006 census, the district had a population of 43,959. Of these, 6834 lived in Huntly, 5106 in Ngāruawāhia, 2637 in Raglan, and 1294 in Te Kauwhata. In 2010, the district acquired part of the adjacent Franklin District , which was dissolved as part of the creation of the Auckland Council , increasing the area to 4,405 km (1,701 sq mi). and adding

324-589: A rate. From 1889 to 1902 the Highways Boards were gradually merged into the County. Until 1943, each riding paid for its own roads and bridges, supplemented by council funds. The northern portion of Raglan County was added to Franklin District in 1989 when the rest joined WDC. Raglan had also had a Town Board from 1883 to 1889 and from 1906 to 1938. Raglan Town Board had its offices in the Municipal Buildings in Raglan from their rebuilding in 1928, after

360-617: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hamilton Airport (New Zealand) Hamilton Airport ( IATA : HLZ , ICAO : NZHN ) is an international airport located 14 kilometres south of the city of Hamilton in the Waikato region, in New Zealand . It is sited at Rukuhia , which was the name of the Royal New Zealand Air Force base on that site during World War II . In

396-731: The 2013 census . There were 43,305 males, 42,426 females and 234 people of other genders in 28,401 dwellings. 2.4% of people identified as LGBTIQ+ . The median age was 38.0 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 18,675 people (21.7%) aged under 15 years, 14,931 (17.4%) aged 15 to 29, 40,224 (46.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 12,138 (14.1%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 73.6% European ( Pākehā ); 26.9% Māori ; 5.5% Pasifika ; 9.1% Asian ; 1.1% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.6% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English

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432-612: The 7 seats. As the population grew, the original 5 ridings were split - Karamu from Pirongia (28 November 1889), Whaingaroa from Karioi 1902, Pukekawa from Onewhero and Port Waikato from Te Akau 1911, Pukemiro from Whangape 1913 and Waingaro from Te Akau 1920. In 1923, Raglan County covered 934 sq mi (2,420 km ) and had a population of 4,912, with 162 mi (261 km) of gravel roads , 465 mi (748 km) of mud roads and 234 mi (377 km) of tracks. Some areas were transferred to neighbouring councils. The far south of Raglan went to Kawhia County when it

468-629: The Counties Act, 1876, in a NZ Gazette Supplement of Thursday, December 28, 1876, the Governor General set the first county council meetings at noon, Raglan County's being in The Resident Magistrate's Court, Raglan on Tuesday, 9 January 1877. Raglan County was divided into five ridings (based on the distance a horse could travel in a day): Karioi, Pirongia , with 2 councillors each, and Te Akau, Onewhero and Whangape, with one. Only 3 of

504-760: The Gold Coast using their Airbus A320 aircraft from June 2025. Hamilton Airport was home to the New Zealand Training Centre of L3Harris Airline Academy. L3Harris Airline Academy is the British flight training division of L3Harris that provides freshly trained airline pilots to numerous airlines throughout the world, mainly within the United Kingdom, most notably EasyJet , and also including British Airways , Qatar , Flybe , Thomson , Oman and, formerly, Thomas Cook and Monarch Airlines among others. Most of

540-455: The New Zealand government sold the airport to councils representing Hamilton City (50 per cent), Waikato District (15.625 per cent), Waipa District (15.625 per cent), Matamata-Piako District (15.625 per cent) and Ōtorohanga District (3.125 per cent). This development led to unprecedented growth for the airport. Ansett New Zealand built an independent passenger terminal to the south of

576-599: The Ridings were represented at the first meeting; W. H. Wallis (elected chairman) and John Pegler, Karioi Riding; James Sherrett, Pirongia; and Richard Robert Hunt, Onewhero. At the next meeting in Whatawhata there was only one other councillor present, from Pirongia. Many of the areas had not had Highway Boards and were sparsely populated (874 people in 175 houses across the whole county), so voters had problems getting together to nominate councillors. By 1887 there were 8 nominations for

612-524: The United States–based Kiwi International Air Lines ) which served Brisbane , Sydney and Melbourne . New Zealand's Kiwi went bankrupt in 1996, but by that time Freedom Air had begun flying the same routes with Boeing 737 aircraft. They also, briefly, operated flights to Nadi, Fiji, in 2005. Freedom Air ultimately decided to make Hamilton International Airport their company hub until parent company Air New Zealand closed

648-715: The airline down on 30 March 2008 operating its own full service instead. By then, the Airbus A320 was being operated. When passenger numbers dropped to an unsustainable level in August 2009, Air New Zealand ceased services from Hamilton to Australia. Virgin Australia attempted to fill the need for a trans Tasman service later that year with twice-weekly Boeing 737-800 flights to Brisbane; however, passenger numbers remained low and Virgin Australia ended flights on 27 October 2012. In 2024 Jetstar announced that it would serve Hamilton from Sydney and

684-538: The airport including the 100–200 seat Boeing 737 , Boeing 757 and Airbus A320 . The largest aircraft authorised to land at Hamilton is the 150-to-250-seat Boeing 767 . Plans to increase runway length from 2,195m to 3,000m to attract larger aircraft and start Asian regional flights, have been considered. The airport operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In August 2011, approval was received by Hamilton International Airport to extend its runway up to 3,000 metres—the same size as secondary airports in other parts of

720-424: The census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 10,914 (16.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 36,840 (54.7%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 16,293 (24.2%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $ 45,300, compared with $ 41,500 nationally. 9,165 people (13.6%) earned over $ 100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15

756-564: The council agreed to sell the old office for £227 10s. and build larger offices on the Raglan side of the Waipā Bridge. W. J. Smith of Raglan built them for £625. The new office opened in 1909. On 27 May 1961, a new £40,000, 16-room, brick building, on the Great South Road, was officially opened by the Minister of Works, Stanley Goosman . The old office was sold in 1961 and was being used as

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792-458: The district contains swampy floodplain of the Waikato River and several small lakes, of which the largest is Lake Waikare . Other than Ngāruawāhia, the main population centres are Huntly , Raglan , and Te Kauwhata . The main industries in the district are dairy farming , forestry , and coal mining . There is a major coal-fired power station at Huntly . Te Kauwhata is at the centre of

828-416: The growing settlements of Tuakau and Pōkeno. Waikato District covers 4,404.07 km (1,700.42 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 92,500 as of June 2024, with a population density of 21.0 people per km . Waikato District had a population of 85,968 in the 2023 New Zealand census , an increase of 10,350 people (13.7%) since the 2018 census , and an increase of 22,590 people (35.6%) since

864-428: The main building, equipping it with a Golden Wing Club lounge and food vending machines. The airline's Ansett NZ division operated flights to Wellington from Hamilton from 1995 until 2000, when Ansett NZ was sold to a New Zealand business consortium and rebranded Qantas NZ, with their own New Zealand domestic flights division. Qantas NZ operated at the airport until 2001, when it went into receivership. The terminal

900-585: The non-passenger traffic at this airport was generated by L3Harris training flights, in single-engined Diamond DA20 and Cessna 172 , and twin-engined Diamond DA42 Twin Star aircraft. The school closed in February 2021, with all training moving to the UK and Portugal. The company cited the COVID-19 pandemic as a cause, but not the sole reason The Waikato Aero Club has been based at Hamilton Airport since 1933. The club provides

936-419: The province, only £500 was spent in all the country districts. Auckland Province passed a Highways Act in 1862 allowing their Superintendent to define given areas of settlement as Highways Districts, each with a board of trustees elected by the landowners. Land within the boundaries of highway districts became subject to a rate of not more than 1/- an acre, or of 3d in the £ of its estimated sale value, and that

972-457: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about airports with the same or similar names. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended airport article, if one exists. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hamilton_Airport&oldid=1140304699 " Category : Airport disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

1008-543: The world, such as the Gold Coast . It will finish before 15 years' approval ends. The airport has a single terminal building and six tarmac gates. The apron is capable of accommodating up to five A320 or 737-800 aircraft at once. Waikato District The district is centred to the north and west of the city of Hamilton , and takes in much of the northern Waikato Plains and also the Hakarimata Range . The north of

1044-466: The year to 30 June 2011 the airport had 316,000 domestic and 46,000 international passengers. In 2017/18 there were 353,000 passengers, all domestic, 54% of them to Wellington and 37% to Christchurch . Hamilton is the tenth-busiest airport in New Zealand by passenger traffic. The airport is on land formerly owned by Samuel Steele (brother of William Steele, who brought militia-settlers from Sydney to Hamilton in 1864) from about 1880. By 1929 there

1080-469: Was a landing ground on the farm, though a site close to the city was also considered. In 1935 Steele's aerodrome was sold for expansion into an airport and opened by the mayor on 12 October. As the world prepared for war, it became clear that a landing strip needed to be constructed in the Hamilton area. By 1935, the air strip was already in service, as a stopover for military aircraft that would land after

1116-581: Was elected chairman, but he and 3 other trustees resigned after they couldn't collect rates from absent owners and the Province didn't pay anything. Raglan Town Board was formed in 1868, Karioi Board in 1870 by division of Whaingaroa Highway District and by 1871 eleven board chairmen met in Ohaupo to ask for more government help. From 1872 government assistance more than matched rates collected; today government funding through NZTA mainly matches rates funding. Under

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1152-612: Was formed, but in 1952, the Local Government Commission put Makomako back in Raglan. On 1 October 1944, a coal-bearing area of Huntly West went to Huntly Borough. Other minor alterations were gazetted at intervals over the years. In 1954, a Raglan Town Committee was formed. Under the Local Government Act 1974 , Raglan and Rotowaro became community towns, governed by elected councils. The county relied on government grants until 1887, when government cuts forced it to set

1188-557: Was spoken by 96.2%, Māori language by 7.5%, Samoan by 0.5% and other languages by 10.5%. No language could be spoken by 2.2% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.5%. The percentage of people born overseas was 18.9, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 29.3% Christian , 1.8% Hindu , 0.6% Islam , 1.7% Māori religious beliefs , 0.5% Buddhist , 0.4% New Age , 0.1% Jewish , and 2.2% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 56.3%, and 7.4% of people did not answer

1224-536: Was that 36,426 (54.1%) people were employed full-time, 9,432 (14.0%) were part-time, and 1,827 (2.7%) were unemployed. Under the Local Government (Waikato Region) Reorganisation Order 1989, nearly all of Waikato County Council was added to the Boroughs of Huntly, Ngāruawāhia, most of Raglan County Council and a small part of Waipa County Council to form Waikato District Council. The County Councils had lasted over

1260-497: Was then occupied by Origin Pacific airlines. This airline operated domestic services until it too went bankrupt in 2006. The small terminal was then left unused. In 1998, Hamilton Airport Motor Inn was developed to cater for travellers using the airport. It was purchased by the airport company in 2019 and is operated as JetPark Hotel Hamilton Airport & Conference Centre. A NZ$ 15.3 million terminal expansion begun in 2005 featured

1296-541: Was to be equalled by a grant from the Province. By a notice in the Provincial Government Gazette on 25 August 1866, the deputy Superintendent, Daniel Pollen, declared Whaingaroa Highway District, the first in the future Raglan County. A public meeting in the Raglan courthouse on 20 October 1866 was followed by a meeting a week later to elect 5 trustees. The largest landowner in the district, Captain Johnstone,

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