# Invercargill Airport (IVC / NZNV)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IVC / NZNV
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Invercargill, Southland Region, New Zealand
- Opened: 1944
- Elevation: 2 m / 5 ft
- Coordinates: -46.4124, 168.3130
- Runways: 4
- Longest runway: 2,210 m / 7,251 ft
- Passengers: 321,000 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+13/+12 · Pacific/Auckland
- Website: http://www.invercargillairport.co.nz/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invercargill_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q752694
- Weather station: NZNV
- Ident: NZNV

## Timeline

- 1944: Invercargill Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 2,210 m / 7,251 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 065° / 245° | yes |
| 12/30 | 913 m / 2,996 ft | 25 m / 82 ft | Grass | 141° / 321° |  |
| 04R/22L | 695 m / 2,280 ft | 20 m / 66 ft | Grass | 065° / 245° |  |
| 07/25 | 426 m / 1,398 ft | 20 m / 66 ft | Grass | 093° / 273° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 281,633 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 285,000 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 280,000 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 281,811 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 277,838 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 289,836 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 294,832 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 307,308 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 321,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [SZS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzrc.md) Ryan's Creek Aerodrome · New Zealand · 57 km / 35 mi · Stewart Island Flights
- [CHC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzch.md) Christchurch International Airport · New Zealand · 465 km / 289 mi · Air New Zealand
- [AKL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzaa.md) Auckland International Airport · New Zealand · 1,174 km / 729 mi · Air New Zealand

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- NZ [Air New Zealand](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-new-zealand) · 2
- [Stewart Island Flights](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/stewart-island-flights) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 321K (2019) | #1,305 of 3,974 | #44 in Oceania | #11 in NZ |
| Longest runway | 2,210 m / 7,251 ft | =3,247 of 29,858 | #73 in Oceania | #4 in NZ |
| Elevation | 2 m / 5 ft | =43,055 of 43,403 | =2,265 in Oceania | #175 in NZ |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =67 in Oceania | #6 in NZ |
| Runways | 4 | =41 of 29,978 | =9 in Oceania | =7 in NZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 118.500 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.500 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [NZ-0020](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nz-0020.md) Center Island Airstrip · 36 km / 22 mi
- [NZCB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzcb.md) Centre Bush Aerodrome · 41 km / 26 mi
- [NZGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzgc.md) Gore3 Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [SZS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzrc.md) Ryan's Creek Aerodrome · 57 km / 35 mi
- [NZVL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzvl.md) Mandeville Aerodrome · 61 km / 38 mi
- [TEU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzmo.md) Manapouri Airport · 110 km / 69 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Invercargill Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Invercargill_Airport&oldid=1369279304), revision of 14 Aug 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/nznv/data