Woodbourne Airport

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Woodbourne Airport trading as Marlborough Airport is a small, controlled airport located 3 nautical miles (8 km) west of Blenheim in the Marlborough region of New Zealand, on State Highway Six, Middle Renwick Road. It is co-located with RNZAF Base Woodbourne in the Wairau Valley on the north-eastern corner of the South Island of New Zealand. The airport has a single terminal and 7 tarmac gates.HistoryWoodbourne was one of the first airports in New Zealand. Today it is one of the few remaining air force bases (RNZAF Base Woodbourne); with general maintenance and initial training conducted there.It also serves as the civil airport for Blenheim. Runway 06R/24L was sealed for Fokker Friendships in 1961, and was one of the first regional airports in the country to take turboprop aircraft.Today it has more frequent operations, with Air New Zealand's regional subsidiary Air Nelson using Bombardier Q300 and Mount Cook Airlines using ATR 72-600 aircraft. The busiest route from Blenheim remains across the Cook Strait to Wellington, 80 km to the north-east; flights take only 25 minutes. Air2there operates from Nelson and Kapiti Coast. Sounds Air operates Cessna Caravan and Pilatus PC 12 aircraft from Wellington, Napier, Kapiti Coast, Kaikoura and Christchurch.