About Dunedin Airport

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Dunedin Airport (IATA: DUD, ICAO: NZDN), officially Dunedin International Airport, though daily known as Dunedin Airport and colloquially known as Momona Airport, is an international airport in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand, serving Dunedin city and the Otago and Southland regions.

Dunedin Airport is one of two international airports in Otago, the other being Queenstown International Airport. It is located adjacent to the village of Momona on the Taieri Plains approximately 22 kilometres south west of Dunedin CBD. It is the sixth busiest airport in New Zealand by passengers.

The Airport has a single paved runway rated for aircraft up to the Boeing 767, with ILS in both directions. It has one terminal building with five gates, two with airbridges; and also customs facilities and other amenities.

Mainland Air, a flight school and charter service, operates from a hangar next to the terminal building. The Dunedin City Council and the Crown each own 50 percent of Dunedin International Airport Limited, a publicly unlisted company which operates the utility.

Dunedin International Airport Limited owns Momona Village, a small housing community adjacent to the airport. The present terminal building was opened in October 2005. Freedom Air was absorbed into Air New Zealand at the end of March 2008. Virgin Australia began flying to Dunedin in July 2008, followed by Jetstar in July 2011. This airport is the third busiest and largest on the South Island of New Zealand, after Christchurch International Airport and Queenstown International Airport.

The airport's name was changed from Dunedin International Airport to Dunedin Airport in 2015. Mainland Air is based at the airport, and operates scenic, charter and ambulance flights. Mainland Aviation College, a division of Mainland Air, operates a flight training school. A Lounge is available for Club members and Air NZ Gold/Gold Elite and Star Alliance Gold Frequent Flyers.

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