HAREWOOD
WELLINGTON. Harcwood. thetcivil airfield at Chrptchurch, is expected t> be gazetted as ari international airport t'as w.eek. The Christchfifch City Council, whiik owns Harewood, plais to develop it as ; B class airport, under the regulations of thelnternational Civil Aviation Organisation. This will man that the aerodrome will be capable of Kcommodating aircra): of a gross weight cj 200,000 lb. Proposed extensions to Harewood .hill provide three separate runways, eac. 7400 ft long. The preent area of Harewood arodrome is 571 acres, 1 but the City Council proposes to extend it b acquiring an additiijal 900 acres from djoining properties. * t* m
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Northern Advocate, 23 August 1948, Page 2
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