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Nelson Airport

-41.29830°N
173.22099°W
ARR / DAY
49
▲ 18.8%
DEP / DAY
43
▲ 30.9%
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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 49 arrivals and 43 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 24 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 · 1 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

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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 9 522
AIR NEW Zealand 49% ZKN 11% Sogdiana 11% Nelson Aviation College 10% FDC 5% ZKZ 4% ZKE 4% ZKV 3% ZKF 3%

Top destinations

By flight count

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WLG 147
AKL 99
MZP 87
CHC 82
NZNH 16
PMR 9

Carriers

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AIR NEW Zealand
255
ZKN
59
Sogdiana
55
Nelson Aviation College
51
FDC
27
ZKZ
23
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ZKE
20
ZKV
17
ZKF
15
OGN
13
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
9
ZKL
7
ZKP
7
ZKB
6
LFT
5
ZKR
4
Airways Corporation of NEW Zealand
3
ZKJ
3
ZKX
2
ZKM
2
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
2
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
2
ZKS
1
Aerial Surveys (1980)
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 97 1h 16m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 80 0h 31m
NSNCHC
Christchurch, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 65 0h 45m
NSNMZP
 ZKN 54 0h 35m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Sogdiana 50 0h 35m
NSNCHC
Christchurch, NZ
 FDC 14 0h 42m
NSNMZP
 ZKV 11 0h 27m
NSNPMR
 OGN 8 0h 39m
NSNMZP
 ZKE 7 0h 47m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 FDC 7 0h 28m
NSNMZP
 ZKP 5 0h 43m
NSNMZP
 Nelson Aviation College 5 0h 35m
NSNNZNH
Nelson, NZ
 ZKZ 5 0h 6m
NSNBHE
Blenheim, NZ
 FDC 5 0h 14m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 OGN 5 0h 40m
NSNNZNH
Nelson, NZ
 Nelson Aviation College 4 0h 41m
NSNKTF
 Nelson Aviation College 3 0h 29m
NSNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 LFT 3 0h 30m
NSNNZNH
Nelson, NZ
 Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators 2 0h 19m
NSNPPQ
 Sogdiana 2 0h 40m

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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