During the development, the ability to fly to Pauanui would reduce the trip from their offices in Auckland from 3 hours to approximately a 40 minute flight from the North Shore airfield.

This meant that the airstrip was one of the first parts developed and both the Hopper brothers gained their Private Pilots Licenses in the late 1960s.

[1] The airstrip was used as a promotional tool to sell properties in the new beach side development from 1968, when the first sections were put up for sale, through to the mid 70s.

[5] Landing fees can be paid at the honesty-box at the small unattended "shed" which is located approximately 1/2 down the runway on the southern side.

The aerodrome is next to the golf course, and is lined with beach houses, some of which have a hangar as the lower floor and most of which have aircraft tie-down points in the yard.

In the summer it is not uncommon to see aerobatics performed near slipper island by owners of the Yak-52s who visit or own a hanger home on the strip in Pauanui.