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Nelson Airport

-41.29830°N
173.22099°W
ARR / DAY
39
▼ 3.2%
DEP / DAY
34
▲ 1.3%
ON-TIME
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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 39 arrivals and 34 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 30 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 · 0 total

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Rejected takeoffs
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Unstable approaches
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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

30 total
TOP 9 391
AIR NEW Zealand 52% Sogdiana 13% Nelson Aviation College 10% ZKN 7% ZKF 6% Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators 4% ZKV 3% ZKL 3% FDC 3%

Top destinations

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WLG 123
AKL 83
MZP 60
CHC 59
PPQ 13
PMR 9

Carriers

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AIR NEW Zealand
203
Sogdiana
51
Nelson Aviation College
40
ZKN
27
ZKF
22
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
16
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ZKV
11
ZKL
11
FDC
10
OGN
10
ZKE
9
ZKX
8
ZKZ
6
ZKJ
6
Freedom Jets
6
ZKB
5
ZKR
5
ZKM
5
ZKS
5
ZKK
5
Aerial Surveys (1980)
3
LFT
2
Skycharter (Malton)
2
ZKO
2
ZKP
2
Madikwe Charter CC
2
KNG
2
GBY
1
NON
1
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
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 75 1h 18m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 71 0h 33m
NSNCHC
Christchurch, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 47 0h 47m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Sogdiana 46 0h 37m
NSNMZP
 ZKN 27 0h 35m
NSNMZP
 ZKX 8 0h 20m
NSNMZP
 Nelson Aviation College 8 0h 58m
NSNCHC
Christchurch, NZ
 FDC 8 0h 45m
NSNPMR
 OGN 7 0h 41m
NSNMZP
 ZKV 6 0h 40m
NSNOHA
 Freedom Jets 5 1h 10m
NSNMZP
 ZKE 4 0h 40m
NSNMZP
 Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators 3 0h 24m
NSNNZNH
Nelson, NZ
 Nelson Aviation College 3 0h 13m
NSNPPQ
 ZKK 3 1h 6m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 OGN 3 0h 30m
NSNPPQ
 Sogdiana 3 0h 37m
NSNKTF
 Nelson Aviation College 2 0h 20m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 LFT 2 0h 28m
NSNPPQ
 ZKO 2 0h 45m

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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