Queenstown International Airport satellite view

📍 Queenstown⬆ 1,171 ft2 runways

NZQN · ZQN

Queenstown International Airport

-45.02110°N

168.73900°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 18.5%

DEP / DAY

▼ 23.6%

ON-TIME

5.8% Bottom 25%

arr · avg 72 minest

AVG DELAY

72 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 27 arrivals and 27 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 3 carriers across 7 routes. The most active carrier is AIR NEW Zealand (ANZ). The busiest route is to Auckland International Airport (NZAA). On-time performance averages 6% with an average delay of 72 minutes against scheduled times. At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 300 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

58m ago

Temp

41°F

Wind

5 kts

90°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

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NZQN 150830Z AUTO 09005KT 050V170 9999 OVC048/// 05/00 Q1020

Runways

2 installed

6,204 FT MAX

Delays by hour

Avg minutes · local time · last 30 days

Schedule vs actual

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Top carriers

Share of flights

11 total

ANZ

AIR NEW Zealand 55% JST

Jetstar Airways Pty. 20% QFA

Qantas Airways 12% VOZ

Virgin Australia 9% NON

NON 2% ZKS

ZKS 1% VHT

Corporate Flight International 0% ZKK

ZKK 0% ZKM

ZKM 0%

Top destinations

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Carriers

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VHT

Corporate Flight International

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 300 s

Top routes

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See all routes → 38 routes

Route	Operator	Flights	Avg enroute
ZQNAKL Auckland, NZ	ANZ AIR NEW Zealand	83	1h 40m
ZQNCHC Christchurch, NZ	ANZ AIR NEW Zealand	37	0h 58m
ZQNAKL Auckland, NZ	JST Jetstar Airways Pty.	28	1h 40m
ZQNSYD Sydney, AU	QFA Qantas Airways	26	2h 58m
ZQNWLG Wellington, NZ	ANZ AIR NEW Zealand	17	1h 12m
ZQNBNE Brisbane, AU	VOZ Virgin Australia	16	3h 33m
ZQNSYD Sydney, AU	JST Jetstar Airways Pty.	12	2h 59m
ZQNSYD Sydney, AU	ANZ AIR NEW Zealand	12	2h 59m
ZQNMEL Melbourne, AU	ANZ AIR NEW Zealand	11	3h 11m
ZQNBNE Brisbane, AU	QFA Qantas Airways	7	3h 31m
ZQNMEL Melbourne, AU	VOZ Virgin Australia	7	3h 27m
ZQNMEL Melbourne, AU	JST Jetstar Airways Pty.	6	3h 10m
ZQNWLG Wellington, NZ	JST Jetstar Airways Pty.	6	1h 11m
ZQNOOL Gold Coast, AU	JST Jetstar Airways Pty.	5	3h 4m
ZQNMEL Melbourne, AU	QFA Qantas Airways	5	3h 11m
ZQNBNE Brisbane, AU	ANZ AIR NEW Zealand	4	3h 37m
ZQNSYD Sydney, AU	VOZ Virgin Australia	3	2h 59m
ZQNBNE Brisbane, AU	JST Jetstar Airways Pty.	2	3h 30m
ZQNCHC Christchurch, NZ	ZKJ ZKJ	1	0h 48m
ZQNDUD Dunedin, NZ	ZKZ ZKZ	1	0h 47m

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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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