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Queenstown International Airport

-45.02110°N
168.73900°W
ARR / DAY
33
▼ 28.8%
DEP / DAY
38
▼ 37.9%
ON-TIME
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schedules pending
AVG DELAY
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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 33 arrivals and 38 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).

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 11 total

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Go-arounds
6
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
5
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

13h ago
Temp
37°F
Wind
3 kts
40°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR NZQN 070900Z AUTO 04003KT 9999 NCD 03/00 Q1011

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

13 total
TOP 9 442
AIR NEW Zealand 45% Jetstar Airways Pty. 17% Virgin Australia 12% Qantas Airways 8% ZKS 8% ZKM 7% ZKP 2% ZKZ 1% ZKL 1%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 111
SYD 51
CHC 41
BNE 32
MEL 24
WLG 21

Carriers

See all + destinations → 13
AIR NEW Zealand
198
Jetstar Airways Pty.
73
Virgin Australia
52
Qantas Airways
37
ZKS
35
ZKM
29
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ZKP
8
ZKZ
6
ZKL
4
ZKR
3
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
3
ZKN
3
NON
2

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

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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See all routes → 41 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
ZQNAKL
Auckland, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 82 1h 45m
ZQNCHC
Christchurch, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 41 0h 59m
ZQNAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 27 1h 41m
ZQNSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 23 3h 2m
ZQNBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Virgin Australia 20 3h 32m
ZQNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 16 1h 15m
ZQNSYD
Sydney, AU
 Virgin Australia 10 3h 5m
ZQNSYD
Sydney, AU
 AIR NEW Zealand 10 3h 4m
ZQNMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Virgin Australia 8 3h 19m
ZQNSYD
Sydney, AU
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 8 3h 10m
ZQNMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 8 3h 9m
ZQNBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Qantas Airways 7 3h 33m
ZQNMEL
Melbourne, AU
 AIR NEW Zealand 5 3h 16m
ZQNOOL
Gold Coast, AU
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 4 3h 7m
ZQNWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 4 1h 18m
ZQNBNE
Brisbane, AU
 AIR NEW Zealand 4 3h 31m
ZQNMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 3 3h 15m
ZQNAKL
Auckland, NZ
 ZKN 2 1h 51m
ZQNPMR
 ZKR 1 1h 23m
ZQNIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 ZKR 1 0h 34m

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports — click to expand

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I_Am_So_Handsome
02/07/2026
Renew the comments
Really busy, pushed by the tourism.
Petsar68
02/06/2014
Awesome Queenstown.
What a terrific experience if somewhat nail biting at times !
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