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The flat area of the aerodrome has now been turned over to intensive dairy farming, but 'Aerodrome Road' (located off McIvor Road) still give access to
Invercargill's first airport site. Classed as a private right of way and signed 'no exit', officially the road dead-ends in a farmyard area, the site
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Invercargill
Airport's site was for many years prone to flooding. Three damaging floods took place within ten years, first in 1978, the largest and most damaging in 1984, and the last in 1987, forced the City Council to reconsider the Dawson Farm site for a new relocated airport. Although favoured by
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the city, costs were seen as prohibitive as it would have involve moving power pylons away from proposed approach vectors. A major flood protection scheme which the New
Zealand Government would pay for was approved instead, and the Dawson Farm proposal was dropped.
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were visitors, bringing the still rare sight of aircraft into the region. At the time it was located a considerable distance from the town centre and city officials opted for a closer site, building a new airport on reclaimed land in the
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16:Aerodrome in Myross Bush, New Zealand
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755:Dawson Farm
703:West Melton
688:Waihi Beach
603:Pitt Island
508:Jacks Point
463:Franz Josef
453:Fox Glacier
310:North Shore
265:Hawke's Bay
190:New Zealand
37:George Bolt
29:New Zealand
25:Myross Bush
863:Categories
850:Statistics
805:Shelly Bay
785:Mount Iron
750:Bell Block
734:Woodbourne
698:Waipukurau
638:Te Awamutu
628:Taumarunui
563:Mount Cook
528:Mandeville
478:Glentanner
438:Dargaville
433:Dannevirke
423:Coromandel
219:Wellington
214:Queenstown
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90:Lorneville
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760:Evans Bay
729:Whenuapai
668:Tongariro
643:Te Kowhai
538:Masterton
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473:Glenorchy
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413:Ashburton
403:Alexandra
385:Whitianga
380:Whangarei
375:Whanganui
370:Whakatāne
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800:Seagrove
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613:Roxburgh
608:Rangiora
543:Matamata
518:Kaikoura
503:Hastings
443:Feilding
428:Cromwell
396:aviation
365:Westport
345:Tauranga
295:Kerikeri
270:Hokitika
260:Hamilton
255:Gisborne
235:Blenheim
228:Domestic
204:Auckland
186:Airports
88:between
810:Te Anau
790:Norwood
775:Mangere
724:Waiouru
693:Waimate
673:Turangi
663:Tokoroa
598:Pauanui
593:Parakai
588:Opotiki
583:Omarama
558:Motueka
523:Lumsden
513:Kaikohe
468:Galatea
408:Ardmore
394:General
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325:Rotorua
290:Karamea
280:Kaitaia
250:Dunedin
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658:Thames
653:Tekapo
568:Oamaru
548:Mercer
458:Foxton
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335:Tākaka
320:Picton
300:Nelson
245:Claris
578:Omaka
573:Okiwi
493:Haast
340:Taupō
94:Dacre
58:RNZAF
483:Gore
92:and
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