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Palmerston North Airport PMR / NZPM

Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui · New Zealand · Palmerston North Airport Limited (PNAL) — Council-Controlled Trading Organisation (CCTO), 100% owned by Palmerston North City Council since 30 November 2006
531kpax · 2025
H24Jet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
ICAO / IATANZPM / PMR
OperatorPalmerston North Airport Limited (PNAL) — Council-Controlled Trading Organisation (CCTO), 100% owned by Palmerston North City Council since 30 November 2006
Coordinates40.3206°S, 175.6169°E
Elevation151 ft · 46 m
Time zoneNZST/NZDT (UTC+12/+13, DST late Sep-early Apr)
Passengers / yr531,129 (2025)
CustomsNo
Border controlNo
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
Bonded
AIP referenceNZPM — AIP New Zealand (Airways New Zealand)
Operating hoursH24, no curfew; scheduled passenger services early morning to late evening, overnight freighter (Boeing 737) operations; ARFF Category 5 (Category 6 by request)
TerminalsSingle terminal (temporary terminal in use since April 2025 during a staged $43M redevelopment; new terminal opening in phases from January 2027, full completion by end of 2027)
Runways (2)
  • 07L/25R · 1,902 m / 6,240 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt
  • 07R/25L · 605 m / 1,985 ft · 30 m wide · Grass
Domestic hub for the lower North Island/Manawatū region, served by Air New Zealand (Auckland, Christchurch) and Originair, plus overnight Freightways freighter services and Massey University's School of Aviation flight-training base; no scheduled international service since Freedom Air ceased operations in 2008.

Services

Available On request / PPR Seasonal / ageing Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling Available
Fieldair Engineering Ltd
Full ramp and GSE ground handling at Palmerston North Airport for passenger, freight, private and corporate aircraft — marshalling, towing, baggage handling and fuelling coordination; explicitly named as one of Fieldair's 5 ground-handling bases (Palmerston North, Christchurch, Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton); company HQ and hangars are at 3 Airport Access Road, PMR (fieldair.co.nz/services/ground-handling-services/).
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Available
Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel Unconfirmed
Fieldair Engineering Ltd
Services and maintains aviation fuel equipment (mobile units, pumps, hoses, pressure relief valves) rather than supplying fuel itself; the page explicitly positions Fieldair as maintainer of others' fuel systems, not a Jet A-1/Avgas brand — the underlying fuel supplier at PMR is not publicly documented (fieldair.co.nz/services/fuel-equipment-services/).
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Unconfirmed
Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance Available
Fieldair Engineering Ltd
Scheduled and periodic inspections, unscheduled/AOG support and structural defect rectification for fixed-wing and rotary aircraft, offered from its CAA Part 145-certified Palmerston North Airport facility (fieldair.co.nz/services/aircraft-maintenance-mro/); Fieldair does not market a distinct "transit/line" product name — this reflects the turnaround-type services it does document.
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Available
Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Part-145 base maintenance Available
Fieldair Engineering Ltd
Full MRO incl. component overhaul, avionics, non-destructive testing (NDT) and aviation manufacturing at its Palmerston North Airport headquarters; CAA Part 145/148 certified, in operation since 1951 (fieldair.co.nz/about/, fieldair.co.nz/contact).
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Available
Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Component shops & overhaul Not listed
Flight catering Not listed
Aircraft cleaning Not listed
Ground support equipment Available
Fieldair Engineering Ltd
GSE maintenance offered from its Palmerston North base at 3 Airport Access Road (listed explicitly as "GSE maintenance" alongside aircraft/helicopter maintenance, avionics and component overhaul/NDT), with a separate "General engineering" service at a second Airport Drive site, per Fieldair's own locations listing (fieldair.co.nz/contact).
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Available
Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Cargo handling Available
Fieldair Engineering Ltd
Freight/cargo ramp handling at PMR for freight operators including NZ Post, Parcel Air and Freightways, plus dangerous-goods, perishable and live-animal cargo handling, per the same ground-handling-services page (fieldair.co.nz/services/ground-handling-services/).
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Available
Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation security Unconfirmed
Aviation Security Service (Avsec)
Avsec, the operational security arm of the NZ Civil Aviation Authority, is one of NZ's 8 established regional screening-point airports (alongside Auckland/Wellington/Christchurch/Hamilton/Dunedin/Queenstown/Rotorua). A fresh govt.nz/aviation.govt.nz page confirming the current Palmerston North checkpoint could not be reloaded, and the airport's own site notes its new terminal (construction started 2024) is being built to house security screening — current on-site screening presence is therefore left unconfirmed rather than asserted with a verified phone line.
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Unconfirmed
Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Passenger & crew transport Available · 6 providers
Avis
Rental car counter at Palmerston North Airport terminal, confirmed live on both the airport's official ground-transport partner page and its dedicated rental-cars page (pnairport.co.nz/commercial/, pnairport.co.nz/rental-cars/).
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Available
Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Hertz
Rental car counter at Palmerston North Airport terminal, confirmed live on both the airport's official ground-transport partner page and its dedicated rental-cars page (pnairport.co.nz/commercial/, pnairport.co.nz/rental-cars/).
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Available
Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Budget
Rental car counter at Palmerston North Airport terminal, confirmed live on both the airport's official ground-transport partner page and its dedicated rental-cars page (pnairport.co.nz/commercial/, pnairport.co.nz/rental-cars/).
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Available
Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Europcar
Rental car counter at Palmerston North Airport terminal, confirmed live on both the airport's official ground-transport partner page and its dedicated rental-cars page (pnairport.co.nz/commercial/, pnairport.co.nz/rental-cars/).
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Available
Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Ezi Car Rental
Rental car counter at Palmerston North Airport terminal, confirmed live on both the airport's official ground-transport partner page and its dedicated rental-cars page (pnairport.co.nz/commercial/, pnairport.co.nz/rental-cars/).
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Available
Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Cross Country Rentals
Rental car counter at Palmerston North Airport terminal, confirmed live on both the airport's official ground-transport partner page and its dedicated rental-cars page (pnairport.co.nz/commercial/, pnairport.co.nz/rental-cars/).
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Available
Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Flight support Unconfirmed
Palmerston North Airport Limited (Palmerston North Airport Services)
Listed on Business Air News as "Palmerston North Airport Services", the FBO/Handler of record for PMR/NZPM (page could not be re-verified live — businessairnews.com's directory returned server errors on repeated fetch). Plausible given PMR has no dedicated third-party FBO and the airport operator fields general enquiries directly; phone corrected to the airport's own verified official line, •••, since the previously listed mobile-format number did not match (pnairport.co.nz/about-us/).
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Unconfirmed
Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Hotel & travel Not listed