Paraparaumu Airport (IATA: PPQ, ICAO: NZPP) is an airport located on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand's North Island. Paraparaumu Beach is to the west and north, Paraparaumu to the east, and Raumati Beach to the south. The Wharemauku Stream flows through part of the airport's land.Originally government-owned, the airport served as the greater Wellington region's main airport until Wellington International Airport opened in 1959. It was privatised in 1995.The then grass Rongotai Airport had been closed for safety reasons in 1947; and Paraparaumu was made available as an "Emergency Airport" by the government. 35 miles from Wellington, it dropped New Zealand National Airways Corporation's Cook Strait traffic by a 1/3 in a single year, due to the isolation. Nonetheless, Paraparaumu was the country's busiest airport in 1949; with up to 20 DC-3s and Lodestars lined up on its apron.
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