Nelson Airport (New Zealand)

Nelson Airport
Te Papa Waka Rererangi o Whakatū
Nelson Airport, 1977
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorNelson Airport Limited
LocationNelson, New Zealand
Elevation AMSL17 ft / 5 m
Coordinates41°17′54″S 173°13′16″E / 41.29833°S 173.22111°E / -41.29833; 173.22111
Websitewww.NelsonAirport.co.nz
Map
NSN is located in New Zealand Marlborough
NSN
NSN
Location of airport in the northern South Island
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 1,347 4,420 Asphalt
02/20 584 1,916 Grass
06/24 546 1,791 Grass
Statistics (2017)
Passengers1,000,373
Sources: Airport,[1] AIP,[2] DAFIF,[3][4][5]

Nelson Airport (Māori: Te Papa Waka Rererangi o Whakatū) (IATA: NSN, ICAO: NZNS) is located 6 km (3.7 mi) south-west of central Nelson, New Zealand, in the suburb of Annesbrook. Approximately 1.2 million passengers and visitors use the airport terminal annually.[6] Passenger numbers for the 2017 financial year were 1,000,373,[7] up from 865,203 in 2016.[8]

It is the sixth-busiest airport in New Zealand by passenger numbers and seventh by aircraft movements, as well as being the busiest New Zealand airport without any scheduled international service. The airport has an Air New Zealand Koru Lounge.[9]

  1. ^ Nelson Airport, official site
  2. ^ Charts for NZNS at AIP New Zealand
  3. ^ "Airport information for NZNS". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  4. ^ Airport information for NSN / NZNS at Great Circle Mapper. Source: AIP, CAA, DAFIF.
  5. ^ "Nelson Airport - Welcome to New Zealand's fourth busiest commercial airport". Archived from the original on 10 August 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  6. ^ "Welcome to Nelson Airport". Archived from the original on 15 June 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2007.
  7. ^ "Reports 2017". Archived from the original on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Nelson Airport experiences record growth after busiest year ever". Stuff. 8 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Regional lounges - Air New Zealand Lounges - At the airport - Experience - Air New Zealand". airnewzealand.co.nz.