Hokitika Airport – your gateway to a coastal adventure

Connecting people and places, welcoming visitors and locals alike, Hokitika Airport is the main air gateway into and out of the West Coast.

Arrivals and departures by air into Hokitika come with the visual treat of the Tasman Sea alongside the airport runway, high mountain peaks on the eastern backdrop, and the patchwork Canterbury Plains beyond the Southern Alps — a taste of the region’s impressive natural attributes.

Hokitika Airport serves as the regional airport for Westland and the Grey districts, the towns of Greymouth and Hokitika, and — to the south — the vast wilderness regions of Westland Tai Poutini National Park, Franz Josef and Fox glaciers, Haast and the World Heritage Area of Te Waipounamu New Zealand.

The schedule of daily services to and from Christchurch, and connections to Wellington and Auckland, ensures Hokitika Airport plays a key role in supporting the local economy and community by offering the most convenient, quickest business and leisure travel options in and out of the West Coast region.

The airport is an important tourism hub, welcoming visitors with hospitality, a range of rental car services and ample parking.

There are scenic flights operating out of the airport, and the recently completed terminal extension features a new arrivals gate, baggage collection area, open space seating and extended views of the runway.

Hokitika Airport’s meeting room and event facilities are the perfect solution to saving additional travel time. They are also conveniently situated for a range of uses including board meetings, one-on-one interviews, small workshops, conferences or evening events.

Hokitika itself is a thriving tourist centre with an historic business centre, a wide variety of accommodation, cafes and restaurants.

It’s also a popular setting or overnight stay for cyclists on the multi-day West Coast Wilderness Trail, running between Greymouth and Ross, which helps explain the frequent arrival of bicycles and their riders at the airport.

A member of the New Zealand Airports Association, Hokitika Airport operates just like its bigger cousins, hosting regular services, charter and private aircraft .