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Poll shows locals want Kāpiti Coast Airport to stay


Poll shows locals want Kāpiti Coast Airport to stay
14 Mar, 2021 08:30 PM
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Kāpiti Coast Airport. Photo / Rosalie Willis
Rosalie is a reporter for Kāpiti News
Kāpiti residents don t want Kāpiti Coast Airport to close and believe the Government should step in before any possible closure, according to a poll commissioned by Save Kāpiti Airport group.
The poll conducted by Community Engagement Limited has found 85 per cent of residents oppose an airport closure and 83 per cent also believe the Government should step in and stop any proposed closure.
Templeton Group, who own Kāpiti Coast Airport, as part of the wider NZPropCo, are looking at all options regarding the ongoing operation of the airport. ....

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First flights of the year soar over Manawatū


Alex Dent flies his piper archer over the Feilding Aerodrome.
Planes were curiously inspected by spectators and other pilots. At lunchtime pilots were treated to two flyovers from a 1950s Venom jet, which whistled over the airfield.
Alex Dent of the Kāpiti Districts Aero Club was the first to land in the morning, even hitting the target mark.
“It was just luck,” he said of being the first pilot to arrive. “We were grounded at Paraparaumu until the airport opened.
“So we pretty much took off as soon as the airport opened, took the shortest route up here through Palmerston North air space.” ....

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