IVC

Invercargill Airport

ICAO NZNV46.4124°S 168.3130°E2 m / 5 ftMedium airport
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Invercargill Airport (IATA: IVC, ICAO: NZNV) is a medium airport in Invercargill, Southland Region, New Zealand. It opened in 1944. It has 4 runways; the longest is 2,210 m (7,251 ft). In 2019 it handled 321 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1944–1944
1944
OpenedInvercargill Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Sir Tim Shadbolt Terminal
04/22065° / 245° · LIT
LENGTH2,210 m7,251 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
12/30141° / 321°
LENGTH913 m2,996 ftWIDTH25 m82 ftSURFACEGrass
04R/22L065° / 245°
LENGTH695 m2,280 ftWIDTH20 m66 ftSURFACEGrass
07/25093° / 273°
LENGTH426 m1,398 ftWIDTH20 m66 ftSURFACEGrass

Passengers per year

2011–2019
282K
285K
280K
282K
278K
290K
295K
307K
321K
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Routes

3 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsAir New Zealand 2Stewart Island Flights 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from IVC. From the Wikipedia article “Invercargill Airport” (revision of 14 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers321K (2019)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,305of 3,974 · #44 Oceania · #11 NZLongest runway2,210 m7,251 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,247of 29,823 · #73 Oceania · #4 NZElevation2 m5 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,995of 43,341 · =2,249 Oceania · #160 NZAgeOpened 19442026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,300of 15,079 · =67 Oceania · #6 NZRunways41 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=41of 29,943 · =9 Oceania · =7 NZ
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels
APPAPP118.500
CTAFCTAF118.500
TWRTWR118.500