Mount Cook Aerodrome
Mount Cook Aerodrome  is an airport near Mount Cook Village, New Zealand. Mount Cook Tourist Company built a small airfield at Birch Hill Flat, which opened on 3 May 1936. Mount Cook Airline began scheduled passenger flights to the area in 1961. Regular commercial flights originally ceased in 2002, however from 23 December 2012 to 27 January 2013, Air New Zealand subsidiary Mount Cook Airline operated thrice weekly services from Mount Cook to Christchurch and Queenstown Airport. Air New Zealand decided not to resume the services for the 2013/2014 summer due to a lack of demand. In December 2019, Mount Cook Airline was merged into Air New Zealand and ceased operations.

See also

 List of airports in New Zealand
 List of airlines of New Zealand
 Transport in New Zealand

References

Sources
New Zealand AIP (PDF)
Air New Zealand
Timaru Herald article on 2013 closure of Mount Cook route
Air New Zealand press release on 2012/13 Mount Cook routes

Airports in New Zealand
Mackenzie District
Buildings and structures in Canterbury, New Zealand
Transport buildings and structures in Canterbury, New Zealand
Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park