TMAC Flying Sites

Between 2004 and 2006, the Western Bay District and Tauranga City Councils, with financial support from the Tauranga Energy Consumer’s Trust, acquired approximately 1,650 hectares of forestry and native bush to establish TECT Park. The park was created to offer a venue for a wide range of recreational outdoor activities. The Tauranga Model Aircraft Club was fortunate to become one of the park’s early tenants, securing a fixed-term lease for 30 years in 2012.

The club occupies around 10 hectares of land centred on a hilltop flying site. Two grass runways have been developed: a 230-metre runway aligned north–south and a 150-metre runway running east–west. Additional facilities include a clubhouse, implement shed, and day shelter.

With a long-term lease in place and the increasing difficulty of securing new flying locations nationwide, TECT Park is expected to remain a significant hub for the model aviation community for many years to come.

Flying hours (summer): 7:00 am to 9:00 pm, seven days a week, subject to suitable weather conditions.

Click this link to access the TECT website  –  TECT Park

Click this link to access the Rural Fire Service weather station (on site) – Rural Fire Service TMAC

Other Flying Sites

• Gliding – some members with an interest in slope soaring, fly at a Plummers Point ridge location
• Indoor Flying – depending on numbers this has previously been run at the Centennial Park Hall
  
  If you are interested in these or other forms of aeromodelling, please contact a committee member.