Auckland International Airport
Auckland International Airport is the main international airport of New Zealand. The airport is located at Mangere in the outskirts of Auckland, New Zealand. The airport's IATA Airport Code is AKL. This airport is a hub for Air New Zealand.The current site of the airport at Mangere was first used as an airfield was by the Auckland Aero Club. In 1928, the club leased some land from a dairy farmer to accommodate the club's three Gipsy Moths. The club president noted at the time that the site "has many advantages of vital importance for an aerodrome and training ground. It has good approaches, is well drained and is free from power lines, buildings and fogs."
Mangere airfield became the official Auckland airport in 1937.
In 1960, work started to transform the site into Auckland's main airport. When the airport opened in November 1965, the first flight to leave from was an Air New Zealand DC-8 bound for Sydney.
A new international terminal, named after Jean Batten, was completed in 1977. The airport processes 8.8 million passengers each a year.
On November 28, 1979, Air New Zealand Flight 901, a sightseeing flight to Antarctica, crashed into Mount Erebus, killing all aboard.
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