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
Larsen Bay Airport Larsen Bay Airport Larsen Bay Airport is a state owned, public use airport located in Larsen Bay, a city in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,933 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 3,009 enplanements in 2009, and 2,597 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a "non-primary commercial service" airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year). Larsen Bay Airport resides at elevation of 87 feet (27 m) above mean sea level. It