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West Auckland Airport Parakai is available for General Aviation, drop-in visitors welcome. Radio 123.5 in MBZ. Due to frequent skydiving, please join downwind, base or final (not overhead). Visitor parking by the hangars down taxiway --------------------------------------------------------- Sat 24th Oct ... Nav Exercise passing neaby: The Airport Manager, Simon lockie, writes:
Please be aware that on Saturday Whenuapai Aviation Sports Club plans a
navigation exercise throughout the day that will bring a number of student
pilots (with instructors onboard) past our MBZ.
[below is a map showing the route]
As they are staying outside our MBZ and not coming to the aerodrome, and
it is Class G airspace, I would not have any expectations for how they might
use the radio.
I do not know if they are ADS-B equipped.
So, see and be seen.
Route of Nav Exercise on Sat 24th October
Midweek discount Both ZK-CDL and ZK-ECL are getting a lot of use, its great to see everyone keen to get back in the air after the lockdown and storms. To help free up the weekends for those with regular jobs, the midweek discount of $10 / hour applies for flights on Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday.
Refuelling Platform for High Wing aircraft: The refuelling platform provides a steady base for refuelling ZK-CDL and other high wing planes. It's well padded, but planes are fragile so approach carefully :). The platform is kept at the refuelling point. Those who bring their own fuel in cans are welcome to bring them to the fuel apron and use the platform to put the fuel on board, which is better than refuelling inside a hangar and avoids carrying the cans so far from the carpark.
Pull back on the long handle to raise onto the wheels, release to lower.
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Looking after the Airport's Environment: Weed Control: The Airport has been researching and experimenting with non-chemical control of the Alligator weed that has long invaded the ditches on the Kaipara and choked the drains. Letting in controlled amounts of seawater has proven effective, and is much kinder to the Inanga and juveniles of other fish species that breed in the harbour, compared to spraying weedkiller or using diggers to clear the ditches. Further work is being done in conjunction with the Council waterways biologists and the method developed is likely to be rolled out by the Council to other properties on the Kaipara Harbour and its rivers. Bird Control: Work on this has also been quite effective, and by studying the habits of the birds and making the airport less attractive to them, its been possible to make the birds spend more time elsewhere. Skydive Auckland runs a bird scaring device on their swooping pond for the same reason... that's what causes the loud 'shotgun' type booms at regular intervals. The birds are not keen to settle if they think there are shooters in the area. With our 'Aimm' Movement Monitoring service now used by nearly half the active NZ airports, we use our client newsletters to spread the suggestions for non-lethal bird control to many other airports in NZ and Australia. Low-emission Aircraft: The Airport's flight training aircraft have been low-emission for a long time, and produce less than half the emissions of a Cessna or Piper training aircraft. Partly this is due to the lighter weight of the Tecnam aircraft used at West Auckland, but mainly because their 1990s designed Rotax engines are considerably more efficient than the 1950s designed Lycoming and Continental engines traditionally used for training. The Rotaxes also use unleaded road vehicle fuel ('MoGas') getting a similar Km/Litre to an efficient car, rather than leaded aviation fuel ('Avgas') so there is a worthwhile benefit there too. All suitable tasks are carried out using an electric ground vehicle, and the Airport is actively investigating moving to electric training aircraft as soon as practical.
West Auckland Airport NZPI from the SW, non traffic side.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coming Events:
Waiheke Airport NZKE Looking North (slope much more gentle than this photo suggests) Sunday 18th October: Waiheke NZKE Airport Open Day: Waiheke is not a difficult airport to use, but the circuit is non standard with a requirement to avoid overflying the houses on the extended centreline to the north, so have a good look at the AIP before flying in. The runway slopes up to the north, which does require consideration of whether to favour the wind or slope, but again no problem so long as you are prepared to go around (or abort a takeoff and try again) if you are not happy with how the landing/takeoff is going. Click here for airport details. Chris Sattler of NZKE writes:
Sun 1st Nov: Tokoroa Aero Club Fly-in,
Northland Aviation Club events: Note that landings by Airport owned aircraft at non-AIP airfields require approval of an instructor, and insurance may not be valid. Sat 31st Oct: Pancake Breakfast at Kaipara Flats Sat 21 Nov: Poker Run from Dargaville to North Shore Sat 5th Dec: Christmas BBQ at Springhill Sat 12th Dec: Kaitaia Aero Club with beach landings Wed 30th Dec: Whananaki flyin. Sat 9th Jan 2021: Pancake Breakfast at Kaipara Flats Sat 13th Feb: Mata flyin. Mata is a private strip a little to the Siouth of Whangarei NZWR. The NAC writes: We also plan to have a gathering
at North Shore sometime to see what is in the various hangars, and we will hold
our next AGM at Kaipara Flats sometime in March/April 2021 with a luch BBQ to
follow. RECURRING EVENTS: DARGAVILLE NZDA: Every Saturday. Fly in for lunch. Famous throught the north for it's lamb on a spit, and usually draws a good crowd of hungry aviators. Clubhouse Ph 09 439 8024. Click here for airfield details. COROMANDEL NZCX: Second Sunday of each month from 12:30. Clubhouse Ph 07 866 2055. Click here for airfield details. WHANGAREI NZWR: Last Saturday of each month at hangar 10, the Western end of the row of hangars. Whangarei Flying Club meeting at 10:30 with lunch to follow. Clubhouse phone 09 436 4053. Click here for airfield details. -----------------------------------------------
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