Makarora is a small community within the Queenstown-Lakes district of the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. It’s situated on State Highway 6 on the eastern side of Haast Pass and adjacent to the Makarora River. Local tourism operators offer scenic plane flights and jetboat tours on the river which is the border of the Mount Aspiring National Park.
Directions: Depart NZMW heading north and follow NZ State Highway 6 and the Makarora River which will eventually turn southeast. You will continue northeast where you’ll see the Haast River take its place along the highway as it follows the mountain pass until you get to a large valley just after Mt Brewster (8255ft) to your right. Continue following the river until you come upon Diana Falls, then the Wills River and valley to your right. Turn to an east-northeast heading following the Wills River. Mount Brewster will be on your right. Turn right into the valley and begin climbing heading toward RGLAR where you'll need to be around 9500ft. From there head southeast passing over HBUSH where you'll begin your fairly aggressive descent into the valley. As you reach the valley turn northbound and you'll find NZMC just before the valley forks.
Date | Departure | Arrival | Pilot | Aircraft | Landing rate | Distance | Flight time | ||
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22OCT24 2347Z | NZMW | NZMC | DefiantPrawn | Airbus Helicopters-Kawasaki H-145 (EC45) | -10 ft/m | 61 nm | 00:33 | View | |
11JUN23 0335Z | NZMW | NZMC | Percell Perry | Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) | -388 ft/m | 50 nm | 00:07 | View | |
18MAR23 0249Z | NZMW | NZMC | Brandon Campbell | Boeing FA-18C Hornet (F18H) | -1205 ft/m | 60 nm | 00:10 | View | |
10MAR23 0248Z | NZMW | NZMC | ropiemasta | Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) | -367 ft/m | 56 nm | 00:15 | View | |
09MAR23 0725Z | NZMW | NZMC | bleeman | Airbus Helicopters H-135 (EC35) | -191 ft/m | 58 nm | 00:35 | View | |
09MAR23 0554Z | NZMW | NZMC | Icy Trinity | Bell-Boeing *V-22 Osprey (V22) | -380 ft/m | 65 nm | 00:21 | View | |
09MAR23 0553Z | NZMW | NZMC | ResetXPDR | Quest Kodiak (KODI) | -45 ft/m | 65 nm | 00:23 | View | |
09MAR23 0552Z | NZMW | NZMC | Fliggity | Quest Kodiak (KODI) | -47 ft/m | 63 nm | 00:24 | View | |
09MAR23 0551Z | NZMW | NZMC | CoupeX | Quest Kodiak (KODI) | -10 ft/m | 53 nm | 00:20 | View | |
09MAR23 0550Z | NZMW | NZMC | Nerd_Droid | Cessna Caravan (C208) | -55 ft/m | 54 nm | 00:20 | View | |
09MAR23 0550Z | NZMW | NZMC | Bobby Bodemann | Beechcraft 58 Baron (BE58) | -95 ft/m | 54 nm | 00:21 | View | |
09MAR23 0550Z | NZMW | NZMC | DeviousFusion | Cirrus Vision SF-50 (SF50) | -2 ft/m | 55 nm | 00:20 | View | |
09MAR23 0549Z | NZMW | NZMC | Sven Lenkewitz | Cessna Caravan (C208) | -113 ft/m | 55 nm | 00:20 | View | |
09MAR23 0549Z | NZMW | NZMC | ExcessumPerficio | Cirrus Vision SF-50 (SF50) | -39 ft/m | 58 nm | 00:20 | View | |
09MAR23 0547Z | NZMW | NZMC | Clorix | Unknown/Generic Undesignated (ZZZZ) | -346 ft/m | 56 nm | 00:19 | View | |
09MAR23 0535Z | NZMW | NZMC | Wokninja | Quest Kodiak (KODI) | -371 ft/m | 55 nm | 00:21 | View | |
09MAR23 0531Z | NZMW | NZMC | Seany69 | Boeing 737-700 (B737) | -68 ft/m | 53 nm | 00:10 | View | |
27FEB23 0653Z | NZMW | NZMC | Jahdoh | Cessna Caravan (C208) | -64 ft/m | 54 nm | 00:21 | View |