On 4 Jan 2005, at 10:59, Joshua Brady wrote:
I am booking my flight a bit late, but need to know what airport is going to be easiest to get to from the US. I will be flying KRIC to KLAS for NANOG, then want to transfer over to NZNOG from there (leaving early 02/01/05). Can anyone advise me on what exact airport I'll need to take? Then travel plans from there?
You want to fly to AKL, and rent a car. You can drive from Auckland to Hamilton in an hour or two, depending on how heavy your right foot is. Aim for State Highway 1, head south, and get off when you start to see signs saying "Where it's Happening" [*]. You should be able to follow the signs to the university once you're in Hamilton, and there are campus maps on www.waikato.ac.nz. Air New Zealand fly into AKL from LAX (multiple times per day) and SFO (once per day, I think). United fly LAX to AKL too. Alternatively if you can find a bargain deal through to SYD there are lots of connecting flights to AKL every day (SYD-AKL is about 4 hours). KLAS, eh? You're all ICAO, and stuff. AKL == NZAA, LAX == KLAX, SFO == KSFO, SYD == YSSY. Joe [*] I'm going to be sorely disappointed if those signs have gone, now.