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Martins Bay Aerodrome is a remote grass airstrip on the wild north-western coast of Otago's Fiordland region, close to the mouth of the Hollyford River near Jamestown. It serves as an isolated backcountry strip for light aircraft accessing this rugged part of the South Island, with no published radio service or navigation aids.
Martins Bay Aerodrome is a small, non-certificated airstrip at Jamestown in Otago, New Zealand, situated in one of the most remote and scenically dramatic corners of the South Island. It sits near the mouth of the Hollyford River where it meets the Tasman Sea, an area historically significant to Ngai Tahu and now visited mainly by bush pilots, trampers and light aircraft operators exploring Fiordland's coastline.
The aerodrome lies at the mouth of the Hollyford River at Martins Bay, Jamestown, Otago, on New Zealand's remote south-western coastline. No specific airspace classification, nearby controlled airspace or FIR boundary detail is available from the sources consulted.
Martins Bay Aerodrome has a single physical runway, 02/20, 1601 feet in length with a hard surface. No lighting or instrument landing system is available.
No communications frequencies are published for Martins Bay Aerodrome; it appears to operate without an assigned radio callsign or ground frequency. There are no navaids or instrument approaches associated with the field.
No published joining, circuit height or noise abatement information is available for this aerodrome.
The most useful visual reference is the mouth of the Hollyford River, where it empties into Martins Bay on the Tasman coast, marking the location of the strip.
Martins Bay, known to Ngai Tahu as Kotuku, was an important Maori settlement between approximately 1650 and 1800, valued for its easy access to food resources from the nearby lakes, the sea and the surrounding forests, as well as to pounamu (New Zealand jade). The aerodrome takes its name from this historic bay at the mouth of the Hollyford River.
Martins Bay remains a non-certificated aerodrome, reflecting its continued use as a remote backcountry airstrip rather than a serviced airfield. It has been modelled as scenery for X-Plane, making it available to simulator pilots wishing to fly into this isolated Fiordland location.