# Kaikoura Airport

Airport · 617-627 State Highway 1

https://www.chch.live/facility/airport-14

## The record
- Situated at Peketa, approximately 8km south of Kaikoura township on State Highway 1, the Airport is a simple but modern facility. Home to Wings over Whales, the Kaikoura Aero Club, and more recently to Skydive Kaikoura, the airport provides a convenient stopover for all recreational flyers.
- Layer type: Airport
- Listing: https://www.kaikoura.co.nz/contact-us/
- Point: [the pin on the map](https://www.chch.live/map?lat=-42.424895128263906&lon=173.60426799800044)

## The nearest of its kind

The next records filed under the same kind — measured point to point.
- [Rangiora Airfield, Merton Road](https://www.chch.live/facility/airport-1) · 129.5 km
- [Richard Pearse Airport](https://www.chch.live/facility/airport-4) · 283.9 km
- [Waimate Aeroclub](https://www.chch.live/facility/airport-8) · 331.6 km

## The green nearby
Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m — measured to the outline itself, so a spot on a big reserve’s edge still counts.
- [Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/685-no-data-at-present) — Reserve · 234 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-42.424895128263906&lon=173.60426799800044

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Kaikoura Airport?**

Airport.

**Where is Kaikoura Airport?**

617-627 State Highway 1.

**Where does this record come from?**

Environment Canterbury’s open facility layers — this entry’s source is Kaikoura District Council.

Data: https://api.chch.live/facility?id=airport-14 · source: Kaikoura District Council · layer refreshed 18 September 2026