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Nelson Airport

-41.29830°N
173.22099°W
ARR / DAY
37
▼ 17.4%
DEP / DAY
36
▼ 8.4%
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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 37 arrivals and 36 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 26 carriers across 8 routes. The most active carrier is AIR NEW Zealand (ANZ). The busiest route is to Wellington International Airport (NZWN).

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 3 total

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Go-arounds
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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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

26 total
TOP 9 414
AIR NEW Zealand 54% ZKN 11% Sogdiana 10% ZKR 5% FDC 5% ZKZ 4% Nelson Aviation College 4% ZKE 4% ZKV 3%

Top destinations

By flight count

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WLG 114
AKL 93
CHC 69
MZP 61
PMR 10
BHE 5

Carriers

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AIR NEW Zealand
222
ZKN
47
Sogdiana
42
ZKR
20
FDC
19
ZKZ
17
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Nelson Aviation College
17
ZKE
16
ZKV
14
OGN
12
ZKX
8
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
5
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
5
ZKB
5
Airways Corporation of NEW Zealand
4
Aerial Surveys (1980)
4
ZKK
4
ZKP
3
ZKS
2
Madikwe Charter CC
2
ZKW
1
ZKF
1
ZKM
1
ZKL
1
NON
1
ZKJ
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 89 1h 17m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 65 0h 34m
NSNCHC
Christchurch, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 55 0h 45m
NSNMZP
 ZKN 42 0h 32m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Sogdiana 36 0h 38m
NSNCHC
Christchurch, NZ
 FDC 11 0h 44m
NSNPMR
 OGN 7 0h 38m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 FDC 6 0h 31m
NSNMZP
 ZKX 5 0h 17m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 OGN 5 0h 36m
NSNMZP
 ZKE 4 0h 28m
NSNAKL
Auckland, NZ
 ZKV 4 1h 18m
NSNMZP
 ZKK 3 0h 29m
NSNMZP
 ZKV 3 0h 25m
NSNPPQ
 Sogdiana 3 0h 36m
NSNNZNH
Nelson, NZ
 ZKR 2 0h 7m
NSNKTF
 ZKB 2 0h 40m
NSNCHC
Christchurch, NZ
 ZKV 2 0h 42m
NSNROT
Rotorua, NZ
 Aerial Surveys (1980) 2 2h 36m
NSNMZP
 Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators 1 0h 11m

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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