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Nelson Airport

-41.29830°N
173.22099°W
ARR / DAY
35
▼ 24.8%
DEP / DAY
31
▼ 21.7%
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Nelson Airport (NZNS/NSN) is a medium regional airport located in Nelson, New Zealand, 130 km west of Wellington. It features 4 runways with the longest being 4,420 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 35 arrivals and 31 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 25 carriers across 10 routes. The most active carrier is AIR NEW Zealand (ANZ). The busiest route is to Wellington International Airport (NZWN).

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
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Rejected takeoffs
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Unstable approaches
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Runways

4 installed

4,420 FT MAX
02/20
4,420 ft × 148
ASP● LIT
02L/20R
2,398 ft × 197
GRS○ unlit
06/24
1,726 ft × 79
GRS○ unlit
17/35
1,970 ft × 197
GRS○ unlit

Delays by hour

Avg minutes · local time · last 30 days

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Top carriers

Share of flights

25 total
TOP 9 383
AIR NEW Zealand 50% ZKN 15% Sogdiana 11% Nelson Aviation College 8% ZKZ 5% FDC 3% OGN 3% ZKE 3% ZKR 2%

Top destinations

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WLG 105
AKL 73
MZP 70
CHC 55
PMR 10
NZNH 5

Carriers

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AIR NEW Zealand
190
ZKN
57
Sogdiana
43
Nelson Aviation College
30
ZKZ
18
FDC
13
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OGN
13
ZKE
12
ZKR
7
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
7
ZKV
6
ZKF
5
ZKP
5
ZKL
3
Madikwe Charter CC
3
Aerial Surveys (1980)
3
ZKB
3
ZKX
2
Airways Corporation of NEW Zealand
2
ZKJ
2
ZKW
1
LFT
1
ZKM
1
ZKS
1
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
1

Destination network

Great-circle routes from NZNS · last 7d

6 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
NSNAKL
Auckland, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 73 1h 17m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 60 0h 32m
NSNMZP
 ZKN 51 0h 34m
NSNCHC
Christchurch, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 47 0h 44m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Sogdiana 36 0h 34m
NSNPMR
 OGN 8 0h 40m
NSNCHC
Christchurch, NZ
 FDC 6 0h 44m
NSNMZP
 ZKV 5 0h 37m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 OGN 5 0h 34m
NSNMZP
 ZKP 4 0h 44m
NSNMZP
 ZKE 4 0h 56m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 FDC 3 0h 30m
NSNBHE
Blenheim, NZ
 FDC 3 0h 14m
NSNNZNH
Nelson, NZ
 ZKZ 2 0h 6m
NSNMZP
 ZKX 2 0h 18m
NSNPPQ
 Sogdiana 2 0h 36m
NSNPPQ
 ZKE 2 1h 23m
NSNWAG
Wanganui, NZ
 Madikwe Charter CC 2 0h 33m
NSNNZFI
Feilding, NZ
 Aerial Surveys (1980) 2 1h 2m
NSNPPQ
 Airways Corporation of NEW Zealand 1 0h 27m

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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MikeFly
7/16/2026
CHANGES TO NAVIGATIONAL BEACONS
1. The Appleby NDB 210.0 KHz is no longer in existance. 2 The VOR Position and frequency have changed. Frequency is now 113.10 MHz and position is directly in line with the centre line of the runway at the Southern end "Runway 20" on the Monaco strip of land. If you look at the map, there is housing to the East and West of the centre part of the strip of land called "Monaco". In the centre of the bare strip, between the buildings there is a white round "grid like" pattern when you zoom in. That is the EXACT site of the new VOR.
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