ABOUT USOur two Waiheke-based Aircraft

Our business, Air Discovery, is a family owned and operated aircraft charter operation which has been operating from the Bay of Plenty region since 2005 - Providing services from flight training right through to a daily scheduled passenger service.

In December 2009, Air Discovery set up a new operating base at Waiheke Island in Auckland to provide a number of services including;-

  • Scenic Flights
  • Transfer Flights
  • Nationwide Aircraft Charter
  • Aerial Survey and Photography
  • Air Freight

Our Waiheke Island base is located at Waiheke Island Airfield (NZKE, formerly "Reeve's Airstrip") at 129 Carsons Road, which is just up from Whakanewha / Rocky Bay and next door to Ridgeview Estate Vineyard.

Click here and here for some interesting photos of our survey work we provide for Geophysical Nuclear Sciences. Each month we provide a survey service over Mount Ruapehu and White Island with our Piper PA34 Seneca with a specially modified rear door allowing gas samples at various altitudes to recorded.

Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand
Part 119 & 135 Approved Air Operator
AOC#65808
Click here to view certificate.