Queenstown Airport

ICAO NZQN45.0192°S 168.7464°E357 m / 1,171 ftLarge airport

Queenstown Airport (IATA: ZQN, ICAO: NZQN) is a large airport in Queenstown, Otago Region, New Zealand. It opened in Aug 1935. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,891 m (6,204 ft). In 2021 it handled 1.2 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1935–1935

AUG 1935

OpenedQueenstown Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

05/23076° / 256° · LIT

LENGTH1,891 m6,204 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

14/32165° / 345°

LENGTH890 m2,920 ftWIDTH10 m33 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2010–2021

878K

967K

1.2M

1.4M

1.7M

1.9M

2.1M

2.3M

1.3M

1.2M

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Routes

9 destinations · 2 countries

Year-round9

MFNMilford Sound AirportNew Zealand · Glenorchy Air75 km47 mi SZSRyan's Creek AerodromeNew Zealand · Glenorchy Air215 km134 mi CHCChristchurch International AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand346 km215 mi WLGWellington International AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand, Jetstar Airways640 km398 mi AKLAuckland International AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand, Jetstar Airways1,024 km636 mi SYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia +11,939 km1,205 mi MELMelbourne AirportAustralia · Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia +12,147 km1,334 mi OOLGold Coast AirportAustralia · Jetstar Airways2,307 km1,434 mi BNEBrisbane International AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia2,401 km1,492 mi

Seasonal1

BNEBrisbane International AirportAustralia · Air New Zealand, Jetstar Airways2,401 km1,492 mi

Most destinationsAir New Zealand 6Jetstar Airways 6Qantas Airways 3Virgin Australia 3Glenorchy Air 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ZQN. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Queenstown Airport” (revision of 30 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers1.2M (2021)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#767of 3,974 · #25 Oceania · #4 NZ Longest runway1,891 m6,204 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,328of 29,823 · #162 Oceania · #10 NZ Elevation357 m1,171 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=15,366of 43,341 · #522 Oceania · #22 NZ AgeOpened 19352026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=593of 15,079 · =22 Oceania · #3 NZ Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =62 Oceania · =28 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

6 channels

AFISFIS128.000

APPQueenstown Approach125.750

ATISQueenstown ATIS126.400

CTAFCTAF118.100

DLVQueenstown Delivery121.900

TWRQueenstown Tower118.100