Location
Wanaka Airport
6 Lloyd Dun Avenue, Luggate,
New Zealand
44° 43' 26.6988" S, 169° 14' 42.7128" E
See map: Google Maps
NZ
Contact Person:
Training Coordinator
Phone:
0800 46 36 26
Email Address:
Wanaka Helicopters has been operating in Wanaka since 1992 and over this time has earned a ‘world class’ reputation for training helicopter pilots.
Reasons why people train with us:
- Lake Wanaka Lifestyle Reserve a fantastic area of New Zealand to develop all round flying skills and enjoy a wide range of leisure activities when not training
- Exceptional flying environment:
- Quiet uncontrolled airspace and therefore no flight delays
- Close low flying area (3 minutes flight time)
- The controlled airspace of Queenstown is only ten minutes flight time away
- Southern Alps location – we are the home of mountain flight training in New Zealand
- Instructors with a wealth of commercial and instructional experience. Our owner /Director Simon Spencer-Bower has been training helicopter pilots since 1980 and was awarded the HAI instructor of the year 2015.
- Over 500 pilots trained to date.
- A family run business where students are made to feel part of our organisation
- Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of New Zealand and New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) approved courses.
- Holder of CAA Air Operator and Training Organisation Certificates
- Student immigration visas and fee protection service
- Flexible start dates and year round training
- Wanaka is also a pilot theory examination venue and there is a CAA medical examiner based in the local town centre.
- Government funded Diploma qualifications which qualify for student loans