Tauranga Airport has taken top honours at the Airport of the Year Awards.
The airport was named AECOM Regional Airport of the Year at the New Zealand Airports Conference held in Auckland last night.
New Zealand Airports Association (NZ Airports) chief executive Kevin Ward said the decisive factor in Tauranga Airport winning the title, was the multiple benefits which have flowed from its project to enhance the airport's facilities by reclaiming the former Mount Borough Dump site, which closed in the 1960s.
"This one project has generated multiple benefits," said Mr Ward.
"Including reclaiming and sealing the old dump site, creating a central clean fill site and construction of airport facilities using recycled concrete."