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Nelson Airport

-41.29830°N
173.22099°W
ARR / DAY
48
▲ 4.7%
DEP / DAY
41
▲ 2.5%
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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 48 arrivals and 41 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 24 carriers across 12 routes. The most active carrier is AIR NEW Zealand (ANZ). The busiest route is to Wellington International Airport (NZWN).

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

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Rejected takeoffs
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Return to field
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Current weather

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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

24 total
TOP 9 500
AIR NEW Zealand 54% Sogdiana 12% Nelson Aviation College 12% ZKN 7% FDC 5% OGN 3% ZKF 3% ZKL 2% ZKE 2%

Top destinations

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WLG 156
AKL 114
MZP 68
CHC 67
PMR 10
NZNH 8

Carriers

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AIR NEW Zealand
270
Sogdiana
61
Nelson Aviation College
60
ZKN
34
FDC
23
OGN
16
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ZKF
15
ZKL
11
ZKE
10
ZKV
10
ZKP
9
Aerial Surveys (1980)
9
ZKZ
8
ZKR
7
ZKB
6
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
5
ZKJ
5
ZKX
4
LFT
2
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
2
ZKK
2
GBY
1
ZKM
1
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
1

Destination network

Great-circle routes from NZNS · last 7d

7 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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Top routes

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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
NSNAKL
Auckland, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 113 1h 18m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 90 0h 33m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Sogdiana 56 0h 36m
NSNCHC
Christchurch, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 55 0h 48m
NSNMZP
 ZKN 31 0h 35m
NSNMZP
 Nelson Aviation College 15 1h 30m
NSNCHC
Christchurch, NZ
 FDC 9 0h 45m
NSNPMR
 OGN 8 0h 47m
NSNMZP
 ZKP 6 0h 47m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 OGN 6 0h 36m
NSNMZP
 ZKE 5 0h 24m
NSNMZP
 ZKX 4 0h 21m
NSNBHE
Blenheim, NZ
 FDC 3 0h 15m
NSNMZP
 Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit 3 0h 22m
NSNPPQ
 Sogdiana 3 0h 37m
NSNKTF
 ZKP 2 0h 29m
NSNKTF
 Nelson Aviation College 2 0h 25m
NSNMZP
 ZKV 2 0h 33m
NSNNZNH
Nelson, NZ
 ZKL 2 0h 25m
NSNNZNH
Nelson, NZ
 ZKZ 2 0h 15m

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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