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Queenstown International Airport

-45.02110°N
168.73900°W
ARR / DAY
28
▼ 18.8%
DEP / DAY
33
▼ 18.1%
ON-TIME
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schedules pending
AVG DELAY
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7d window

Queenstown International Airport (NZQN/ZQN) is a medium international airport located in Queenstown, New Zealand, 167 km north west of Dunedin. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,204 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 28 arrivals and 33 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 3 carriers across 7 routes. The most active carrier is AIR NEW Zealand (ANZ). The busiest route is to Auckland International Airport (NZAA). At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 360 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
54°F
Wind
8 kts
260°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
NZQN 251130Z AUTO 26008KT 9999 FEW070/// 12/03 Q1017

Runways

2 installed

6,204 FT MAX
05/23
6,204 ft × 148
ASP● LIT
14/32
2,920 ft × 33
BITUM○ unlit

Delays by hour

Avg minutes · local time · last 30 days

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Top carriers

Share of flights

18 total
TOP 9 350
AIR NEW Zealand 44% Jetstar Airways Pty. 12% ZKM 9% Virgin Australia 9% Qantas Airways 9% ZKS 9% ZKP 3% ZKK 2% ZKZ 2%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 75
CHC 38
SYD 35
BNE 34
WLG 20
MEL 15

Carriers

See all + destinations → 18
AIR NEW Zealand
155
Jetstar Airways Pty.
42
ZKM
33
Virgin Australia
32
Qantas Airways
32
ZKS
30
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ZKP
11
ZKK
8
ZKZ
7
NON
5
ZKJ
3
VIH Cougar Helicopters
2
VHP
2
ZKL
1
ZKW
1
ZKO
1
ZKX
1
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
1

Destination network

Great-circle routes from NZQN · last 7d

7 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 2 PM · 1 movement every 360 s
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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See all routes → 42 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
ZQNAKL
Auckland, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 59 1h 42m
ZQNCHC
Christchurch, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 37 0h 58m
ZQNBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Virgin Australia 18 3h 30m
ZQNSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 17 2h 57m
ZQNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 15 1h 14m
ZQNAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 14 1h 42m
ZQNMEL
Melbourne, AU
 AIR NEW Zealand 9 3h 13m
ZQNBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Qantas Airways 8 3h 27m
ZQNSYD
Sydney, AU
 AIR NEW Zealand 6 2h 58m
ZQNBNE
Brisbane, AU
 AIR NEW Zealand 6 3h 20m
ZQNSYD
Sydney, AU
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 5 2h 59m
ZQNSYD
Sydney, AU
 Virgin Australia 5 3h 2m
ZQNOOL
Gold Coast, AU
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 5 3h 9m
ZQNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 4 1h 14m
ZQNMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 3 3h 10m
ZQNSYD
Sydney, AU
 VHP 2 2h 53m
ZQNMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Virgin Australia 2 3h 5m
ZQNBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 2 3h 26m
ZQNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 ZKX 1 0h 59m
ZQNAKL
Auckland, NZ
 VIH Cougar Helicopters 1 1h 31m

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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I_Am_So_Handsome
02/07/2026
Renew the comments
Really busy, pushed by the tourism.
Petsar68
02/06/2014
Awesome Queenstown.
What a terrific experience if somewhat nail biting at times !
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