Mechanics Bay landed in Mechanics Bay, which was the centre of international aviation for New Zealand until the 1950s. Even after the construction of Auckland International Airport at Mangere in the 1960s, Mechanics Bay was still used by flying boats to the Pacific Islands, e.g. for the "Coral Route" to Fiji. From 1962 to 1989, Mechanics Bay was home to first Tourist Air Travel, then Mount Cook Airline then Sea Bee Air operating a fleet of Grumman Goose, Grumman Widgeon and Grumman Turbo Goose amphibian aircraft for regular scheduled passenger and freight services to the islands of the Hauraki Gulf (particularly Great
Silver Bay Municipal Airport Municipal Airport closed for an indefinite period of time Silver Bay Municipal Airport Silver Bay Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located close to Silver Bay, a city in Lake County, Minnesota, United States. This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems 2017-2021, which categorizes it as a "general aviation airport". Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned BFW by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA. As of May 31, 2018, the FAA indicates that Runway 07/25 is out