Take-off – Puketutu
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- Direction
- NNEESESSWWNW
- Coordinates
- -37.1949, 175.0190
- Altitude
- 185 m
- Region
- Auckland, NZ
Take-off description
TEMPORARILY CLOSED FOR LAMBING. Enter with permission, but animals not to be disturbed. Access to the NW launch ( and a short walk around to the NE launch) can be gained by following the signs to Mt William walkway at the end of Puketutu Rd.
Getting there
Puketutu is located on the Bombay Hills, south of Auckland. Take the southern motorway to Bombay, turn left at Bombay exit off the motorway, left, right and onto road signposted to Paparata. Take the second on the right then the first turning left into Main Road. Access to the site is on the right several hundred metres down Main Road through a farm gate.
Rules / airspace
This site is located in GAA G275 with a height restriction of 4,500ft ASL. The area just north of Puketutu is GAA G276 with a height restriction of 3,500ft ASL but able to be opened to 4,500ft ASL by notifying ATC. Refer to comments in the front of this guide under heading of airspace.