MUNICIPAL AIRPORT

Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23258, 20 July 1945, Page 4

MUNICIPAL AIRPORT

Auckland’s Search (N.Z.P.A.) AUCKLAND, July 19. I Auckland’s search for a municipal I airnorf was advanced a stage when a conference of representatives of interi csted organisations received a report I from the Acting-Controller of Civil : Aviation, Wing Commander J. Mi Buckeridge, on the suitability of extending the present Mangere aerodrome toward the Manukau bridge at OneIrtnga. Wing Commander Buckenage saia that at present it was the opinion ol I the officers of his department that the most likely and promising locality for the development of a major airport foi Auckland was in this district. Discussing - the question of an overseas airI poit. wing Commander Buckeridge 1 said that runwavs of minimum <ieI sired length of 70,000 ft., together with flightways of two miles on a gradient of one in 50, were generally not obtainable sufficiently close to a city ,to be economically suitable for use by internal air services. In the case of Auckland the o"’v site within res 1 able distance of the city where the reauirements for an overseas airport could be provided was Mangere. The conference agreed that the suggested survey should be proceeded with, and derided to ask the local bodies if they were prepared to contribute to its cost.