Kāpiti Aviation Museum

Situated in the old Meteorological Building next to the Control Tower, which was built in 1947, the museum overlooks the Kāpiti Coast Airport airfield runways.

It is the only place where it is possible to see the Wellington region's aviation history. The exhibits on display include the creation and early history of Kāpiti Airport, photos from when it was the airport for the whole Wellington region, and the propeller from the first aircraft piloted by Will Scotland who, in 1913, became the second New Zealander to obtain a pilot's certificate. The aircraft, nicknamed Blue Bird, crashed in Newtown on 25 March 1914. While the plane was a write-off, Scotland was not injured.