NZ Helicopter Training Academy is based at Wanganui Airport and is part of the Mid West Helicopters group. We pride ourselves on training highly professional pilots for both private and commercial licences.

Wanganui airport has a long association and history of helicopter flight training dating back to the 1960s. It was important for the Mid West Helicopters directors that this continued after the retirement of long-time pilot and instructor Ian Wakeling. NZHTA was born out of this and now provides the only helicopter flight training service in the greater region.

NZHTA students get the opportunity to learn alongside a very busy agricultural and commercial operator, ensuring you leave our hangar with a lot more than a bare licence.