See Lake FM's earlier stories on the Tūrangi Airfield
Tūrangi Aerodrome grounded?
Bureaucratic oversight and complex land ownership issues have left Tūrangi Aerodrome facing deactivation this Thursday despite community hopes for its survival.
Chris Marshall
Tūrangi Aerodrome cleared for take-off
Despite the aerodrome’s use during Cyclone Gabrielle, Taupō District Council officials are ‘comfortable that this does not create any additional risk for the Tūrangi community should we not have access to it,’ says Deputy Mayor Kevin Taylor
Chris Marshall
New Agreement for Emergency Services
After battling to maintain its status earlier this year as an operative aerodrome, the Tūrangi Airfield is now the base in the town for any Greenlea Rescue Helicopter visits to collect patients.
Tūrangi Aero Club president Alan Turner said the arrangement was official from April 30.
The airfield was "far superior", he said, to the site Greenlea had been operating from in Tūrangi – the Department of Conservation helipad on Kahurau Drive.
"It's got clearer approaches which for them coming in the dark makes life a hell of a lot easier."
