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Queenstown International Airport

-45.02110°N
168.73900°W
ARR / DAY
40
▼ 40.2%
DEP / DAY
54
▼ 39.1%
ON-TIME
0.5% Bottom 25%
arr · avg 62 minest
AVG DELAY
62 min
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 40 arrivals and 54 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 3 carriers across 8 routes. The most active carrier is AIR NEW Zealand (ANZ). The busiest route is to Auckland International Airport (NZAA). On-time performance averages 1% with an average delay of 62 minutes against scheduled times. At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 225 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

58m ago
Temp
54°F
Wind
3 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
NZQN 132330Z AUTO 25003KT 9999 NCD 12/09 Q1005

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

25 total
TOP 9 478
AIR NEW Zealand 35% ZKM 17% ZKS 13% Jetstar Airways Pty. 9% ZKK 7% Qantas Airways 6% ZKN 5% Virgin Australia 5% ZKZ 3%

Top destinations

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AKL 105
SYD 38
CHC 29
WLG 21
BNE 20
MEL 11

Carriers

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AIR NEW Zealand
168
ZKM
80
ZKS
61
Jetstar Airways Pty.
45
ZKK
33
Qantas Airways
31
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ZKN
24
Virgin Australia
23
ZKZ
13
ZKP
12
ZKL
10
NON
6
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
6
ZKR
4
ZKJ
3
ZKW
3
ZKO
2
ZKB
2
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
2
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
2
ZKX
1
ZKF
1
Valair
1
VHX
1
Panaviatic
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 225 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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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
ZQNAKL
Auckland, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 77 1h 41m
ZQNCHC
Christchurch, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 29 0h 59m
ZQNAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 26 1h 39m
ZQNSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 18 2h 54m
ZQNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 15 1h 11m
ZQNBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Virgin Australia 10 3h 29m
ZQNSYD
Sydney, AU
 Virgin Australia 8 3h 1m
ZQNSYD
Sydney, AU
 AIR NEW Zealand 7 2h 57m
ZQNOOL
Gold Coast, AU
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 5 3h 10m
ZQNMEL
Melbourne, AU
 AIR NEW Zealand 5 3h 8m
ZQNBNE
Brisbane, AU
 AIR NEW Zealand 4 3h 17m
ZQNBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Qantas Airways 4 3h 21m
ZQNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 4 1h 8m
ZQNSYD
Sydney, AU
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 4 2h 54m
ZQNMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 3 3h 2m
ZQNMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Virgin Australia 2 3h 22m
ZQNWKA
 ZKS 2 0h 13m
ZQNBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 2 3h 23m
ZQNWKA
 ZKW 1 0h 16m
ZQNAKL
Auckland, NZ
 AIR Transport (Chatham Islands) 1 2h 46m

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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I_Am_So_Handsome
2/7/2026
Renew the comments
Really busy, pushed by the tourism.
Petsar68
2/6/2014
Awesome Queenstown.
What a terrific experience if somewhat nail biting at times !
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