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Nelson Airport

-41.29830°N
173.22099°W
ARR / DAY
38
▼ 3.6%
DEP / DAY
36
▲ 4.6%
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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 38 arrivals and 36 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 25 carriers across 9 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
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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 9 408
AIR NEW Zealand 52% ZKN 12% Sogdiana 11% Nelson Aviation College 5% ZKR 5% FDC 5% ZKZ 4% ZKE 4% ZKV 3%

Top destinations

By flight count

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WLG 113
AKL 89
CHC 66
MZP 64
PMR 10
KTF 5

Carriers

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AIR NEW Zealand
211
ZKN
49
Sogdiana
43
Nelson Aviation College
20
ZKR
20
FDC
19
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ZKZ
16
ZKE
16
ZKV
14
OGN
12
ZKX
8
ZKP
6
Airways Corporation of NEW Zealand
5
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
5
Aerial Surveys (1980)
5
ZKB
5
ZKK
4
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
4
ZKL
3
ZKS
2
Madikwe Charter CC
2
ZKW
1
ZKM
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 85 1h 17m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 62 0h 34m
NSNCHC
Christchurch, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 52 0h 45m
NSNMZP
 ZKN 43 0h 32m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Sogdiana 38 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
 ZKV 3 0h 25m
NSNMZP
 ZKK 3 0h 29m
NSNPPQ
 Sogdiana 3 0h 36m
NSNMZP
 ZKP 2 1h 9m
NSNNZUR
Murchison, NZ
 ZKP 2 0h 29m
NSNNZNH
Nelson, NZ
 ZKR 2 0h 7m
NSNMZP
 Nelson Aviation College 2 1h 11m
NSNKTF
 ZKB 2 0h 40m

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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MikeFly
07/16/2026
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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