Mount Cook Aerodrome
| Mount Cook Airport | |||||||||||
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| IATA: MON – ICAO: NZMC | |||||||||||
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| Operator | Aoraki Mount Cook Airport Ltd | ||||||||||
| Location | Mount Cook Village, New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,153 ft / 656 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°46′0.6″S 170°8′8.95″E / 43.766833°S 170.1358194°E | ||||||||||
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Two ski planes at Mt Cook in 1977.
Mount Cook Aerodrome (IATA: MON, ICAO: NZMC) is an airport near Mount Cook Village, New Zealand. Regular commercial flights originally ceased in 2002, however from the 23rd of December 2012 to the 27th of January 2013, Air New Zealand subsidiary Mount Cook Airline operated thrice weekly services from Mount Cook to Christchurch and Queenstown Airport. Air New Zealand decided not to resume the services for the 2013/2014 summer due to a lack of demand.
See also
Sources
- New Zealand AIP (PDF)
- Air New Zealand
- Timaru Herald article on 2013 closure of Mount Cook route
- Air New Zealand press release on 2012/13 Mount Cook routes
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