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Nelson Airport

-41.29830°N
173.22099°W
ARR / DAY
37
▼ 8.7%
DEP / DAY
35
▲ 0.8%
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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 35 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 23 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 · 2 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

23 total
TOP 9 431
AIR NEW Zealand 58% Sogdiana 13% ZKN 8% Nelson Aviation College 6% FDC 4% ZKZ 3% OGN 3% ZKL 2% ZKE 2%

Top destinations

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WLG 147
AKL 108
CHC 73
MZP 42
BHE 11
PMR 8

Carriers

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AIR NEW Zealand
252
Sogdiana
56
ZKN
34
Nelson Aviation College
27
FDC
17
ZKZ
15
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OGN
13
ZKL
9
ZKE
8
ZKV
7
Skycharter (Malton)
4
LFT
4
Aerial Surveys (1980)
3
ZKS
3
ZKB
3
ZKP
3
ZKJ
3
ZKX
2
ZKR
2
Airways Corporation of NEW Zealand
2
Madikwe Charter CC
2
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
2
VHE
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

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Top routes

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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
NSNAKL
Auckland, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 105 1h 19m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 79 0h 32m
NSNCHC
Christchurch, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 60 0h 49m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Sogdiana 50 0h 37m
NSNMZP
 ZKN 27 0h 46m
NSNPMR
 OGN 8 0h 53m
NSNCHC
Christchurch, NZ
 FDC 7 0h 45m
NSNBHE
Blenheim, NZ
 FDC 6 0h 18m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 OGN 5 0h 31m
NSNMZP
 ZKE 3 0h 41m
NSNMZP
 ZKP 3 0h 34m
NSNBHE
Blenheim, NZ
 ZKL 3 0h 18m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 LFT 3 0h 28m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 FDC 3 0h 29m
NSNMZP
 ZKS 2 0h 11m
NSNMZP
 Nelson Aviation College 2 1h 29m
NSNKTF
 ZKN 2 0h 25m
NSNMZP
 ZKX 2 0h 20m
NSNPPQ
 Sogdiana 2 0h 54m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 ZKV 2 0h 25m

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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