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Whenuapai is a suburb and Aerodrome located in the western Waitakere area of Auckland City, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on the northwestern shore of the Waitemata Harbour, 15 kilometres to the northwest of Auckland's city centre. It is one of the landing points for the Southern Cross telecommunications Cables. The name is Maori for ''good land''. ==RNZAF facilities== (詳細はWellington bomber aircraft began in 1937. Post World War II Auckland became a centre for RNZAF transport and maritime squadrons. From 1945-1965 Whenuapai was also Auckland's civil international airport. Whenuapai and Hobsonville bases were integrated in 1965 to form RNZAF Base Auckland. Hobsonville is now closed, with the RNZAF continuing to lease a few remaining facilities. Today, with a personnel strength of around 1100, Base Auckland is the home for: * No. 5 Squadron (P-3K2 Orion) * No. 6 Squadron (SH-2G(NZ) Seasprite) * No. 40 Squadron (C-130 Hercules and Boeing 757) * RNZAF Parachute Training and Support Unit, * RNZAF Force Protection Dog Training School, * RNZAF Aviation Medicine Unit. * RNZAF Operations Squadron * NZDF Military Police 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Whenuapai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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