Queenstown Airport

Queenstown Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner
  • Queenstown Lakes District Council (75.01%)
  • Auckland International Airport Limited (24.99%)
OperatorQueenstown Airport Corporation Ltd.
ServesQueenstown
LocationFrankton, Otago, New Zealand
Hub forGlenorchy Air
Time zoneNZST (UTC+12:00)
 • Summer (DST)NZDT (UTC+13:00)
Elevation AMSL357 m / 1,171 ft
Coordinates45°01′16″S 168°44′21″E / 45.02111°S 168.73917°E / -45.02111; 168.73917
Websitewww.queenstownairport.co.nz
Map
Queenstown Airport is located in New Zealand
Queenstown Airport
Queenstown Airport
Location of airport in New Zealand
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 1,777 5,830 Grooved Bitumen
14/32 720 2,362 Bitumen
Statistics (2022)
Passengers total1,460,034[1]
Aircraft movements10,101[2]

Queenstown International Airport (IATA: ZQN, ICAO: NZQN) is an international airport located in Frankton, Otago, New Zealand, which serves the resort town of Queenstown. The airport handled 2.10 million passengers as of 2024[3] making it the fourth busiest airport in New Zealand by passenger traffic. The airport is known for its scenery and challenging approach to land due to the nearby high terrain[4] and proximity to housing.[5]

  1. ^ "Passengers – Queenstown Airport (2022)". Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Scheduled Aircraft Movements – Queenstown Airport (2022)". Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  3. ^ "News" (PDF). queenstownairport.co.nz.
  4. ^ "The challenge of landing at Queenstown Airport". Australian Aviation. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  5. ^ John Edens (1 July 2015). "Queenstown Airport boss pleads for housing density rethink near flight paths". Stuff.