New Plymouth Airport 5.35

New Plymouth Airport serves the city of New Plymouth, and the surrounding region of Taranaki. It is on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island and is 11 km from the city centre, on the highway north to Auckland, and 4 km from the outer suburb/satellite town of Bell Block.New Plymouth Airport comprises of two domestic terminal buildings. The main airport terminal building is currently 1430 square metres, and Terminal 2 is 420 square metres.It is currently undergoing a $28.7 million terminal upgrade which is expected to be complete by 2019 which will increase the terminal floor size by more than double its current size and include new features like security screening and mechanical baggage claims.New Plymouth Airport is served by Air New Zealand with direct flights to Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch daily operated on behalf of the national airline carrier by Mount Cook Airline and Air Nelson. Jetstar Airways commenced services between New Plymouth and Auckland on 1 February 2016.From 29 September 2017, Originair will begin direct flights between New Plymouth and Nelson, New Zealand. The airline will provide eight 50 minute flights a week between the two cities. The company’s British Aerospace 18-seat Jetstream aircraft will fly the route and the company is adding another Jetstream to its operations to cover contracted charter flights, tours and maintenance coverage.