WhakatÃÂne Airport is an airport serving the town of WhakatÃÂne, the eastern Bay of Plenty and the tourist attraction of Mount Tarawera, in New Zealand.
The airport opened on 24 January 1963 with a new sealed runway and a construction cost of 50,000 pounds. The "excitingly different" terminal building was designed by Roger Walker and completed in 1974. In 2019, Heritage New Zealand listed the airport terminal as a Category I Historic Place. The 90-m runway end safety areas were being extended to 240 m in 2018 to allow larger aircraft such as Saab 340 to land.
Air Chathams operates daily flights to Auckland. They previously used a Metroliner, and have also used a Saab 340 since 29 November 2019. Sunair operates from Hamilton, Gisborne and Napier.
The airport houses a flight school, agricultural aircraft, fixed wing tourist flights and commercial helicopter operations.