Mount Cook Aerodrome is an airport near Mount Cook Village, New Zealand. Mount Cook Tourist Company built a small airfield at Birch Hill Flat, which opened on 3 May 1936. Mount Cook Airline began scheduled passenger flights to the area in 1961.
The terminal was destroyed by fire in June 2000, and was subsequently rebuilt.ANZ sells Mt Cook Airport Australian Aviation issue 189 November 2002 page 20 Regular commercial flights originally ceased in 2002, however from 23 December 2012 to 27 January 2013, Air New Zealand subsidiary Mount Cook Airline operated thrice weekly services from Mount Cook to Christchurch and Queenstown. Air New Zealand decided not to resume the services for the 2013/2014 summer due to a lack of demand. In December 2019, Mount Cook Airline was merged into Air New Zealand and ceased operations.
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References
Sources New Zealand AIP (PDF) Air New Zealand Timaru Herald article on 2013 closure of Mount Cook route Air New Zealand press release on 2012/13 Mount Cook routes