Queenstown Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
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| Operator | Queenstown Airport Corporation Ltd. | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Queenstown | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Frankton, Otago, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Hub for | Glenorchy Air | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | NZST (UTC+12:00) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | NZDT (UTC+13:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 357 m / 1,171 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°01′16″S 168°44′21″E / 45.02111°S 168.73917°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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.svg)  Queenstown Airport Location of airport in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||
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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 2.25 million passengers as of 2018[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]
- ^ "Passengers – Queenstown Airport (2022)". Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ "Scheduled Aircraft Movements – Queenstown Airport (2022)". Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ "News" (PDF). queenstownairport.co.nz.
- ^ "The challenge of landing at Queenstown Airport". Australian Aviation. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ John Edens (1 July 2015). "Queenstown Airport boss pleads for housing density rethink near flight paths". Stuff.