# Palmerston North Airport (PMR)

> Palmerston North, NZ · IATA: PMR · ICAO: NZPM · Medium Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `PMR` |
| ICAO | `NZPM` |
| City | Palmerston North |
| Country | NZ |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 46 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | -40.32060, 175.61700 |

## Description

A 17-tonne payload, a nightly triangle and no curfew define Palmerston North Airport (PMR) as New Zealand's quiet domestic freight engine. Cargo airline Parcelair flies Boeing 737-400F freighters overnight between Auckland, Palmerston North and Christchurch, with onward links to Sydney and Melbourne, under contract to the Freightways courier division and NZ Post. Maintenance and charter specialist Fieldair is also based here. The airport's central lower-North-Island position makes it an ideal sorting and distribution point for express and postal traffic, helped by 24-hour operations with no night ban. By day, Air New Zealand adds passenger flights to Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch carrying additional belly freight. Heavy international export air cargo is generally consolidated through Auckland (AKL). For logistics operators, Palmerston North is the country's most important dedicated domestic freight airport.

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