# Milford Sound Airport (MFN / NZMF)

**Milford Sound Airport** (IATA: MFN, ICAO: NZMF) is a small airport in Southland Region, New Zealand. It has one runway, 792 m (2,598 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Ministry of Transport.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzmf

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MFN / NZMF
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Ministry of Transport
- Serves: Southland Region, New Zealand
- Elevation: 3 m / 10 ft
- Coordinates: -44.6733, 167.9230
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 792 m / 2,598 ft
- Time zone: UTC+13/+12 · Pacific/Auckland
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milford_Sound_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3565798
- Ident: NZMF

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 792 m / 2,598 ft | 21 m / 69 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Routes

4 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [ZQN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzqn.md) Queenstown Airport · New Zealand · 75 km / 47 mi · Air Fiordland, Glacier Southern Lakes Helicopters, Milford Flights, True South Flights, Milford Sound Flightseeing, Glenorchy Air
- [TEU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzmo.md) Manapouri Airport · New Zealand · 98 km / 61 mi · Air Fiordland, Fly Fiordland
- [WKA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzwf.md) Wanaka Airport · New Zealand · 105 km / 65 mi · Air Fiordland, Aspiring Helicopters, Southern Alps Air
- [NZTL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nztl.md) Tekapo Aerodrome · New Zealand · 214 km / 133 mi · Air Safaris (NZ)

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from MFN, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (10)

- Air Fiordland · 3
- SRI [Air Safaris (NZ)](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-safaris-nz) · 1
- Aspiring Helicopters · 1
- Fly Fiordland · 1
- Glacier Southern Lakes Helicopters · 1
- [Glenorchy Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/glenorchy-air) · 1
- Milford Flights · 1
- [Milford Sound Flightseeing](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/milford-sound-flightseeing) · 1
- Southern Alps Air · 1
- True South Flights · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 792 m / 2,598 ft | =20,078 of 29,858 | #1,702 in Oceania | #71 in NZ |
| Elevation | 3 m / 10 ft | =42,364 of 43,403 | =2,147 in Oceania | =165 in NZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =41 in NZ |

## Nearby airports

- [NZ-0034](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nz-0034.md) Hollyford Airstrip · 18 km / 11 mi
- [NZMJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzmj.md) Martins Bay Aerodrome · 35 km / 22 mi
- [NZ-0033](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nz-0033.md) Hollyford River Aerodrome · 35 km / 22 mi
- [NZGY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzgy.md) Glenorchy Airport · 44 km / 27 mi
- [NZ-0014](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nz-0014.md) Big Bay Beach Airstrip · 45 km / 28 mi
- [NZ-0018](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nz-0018.md) Gorge River Airstrip · 58 km / 36 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Milford Sound Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Milford_Sound_Airport&oldid=1362726737), revision of 5 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzmf/data