WLG

Wellington International Airport

ICAO NZWN41.3268°S 174.8069°E13 m / 41 ftLarge airport
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Wellington International Airport (IATA: WLG, ICAO: NZWN) is a large airport in Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand. It opened on 25 Oct 1959. It has one runway, 1,936 m (6,352 ft) long, asphalt. In 2021 it handled 3.8 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1959–1959
25 OCT 1959
OpenedWellington International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
International TerminalWellington Aero ClubExecujet TerminalDomestic TerminalMain TerminalRegional Terminal
16/34183° / 003° · LIT
LENGTH1,936 m6,352 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2021
5.1M
5.2M
5.5M
5.4M
5.5M
5.8M
6.1M
6.3M
6.4M
3.3M
3.8M
1112131415161718192021

Routes

13 destinations · 3 countries
Year-round13
PCNPicton AerodromeNew Zealand · Sounds Air71 km44 miBHEWoodbourne AirportNew Zealand · Originair, Sounds Air81 km50 miNSNNelson AirportNew Zealand · Originair, Sounds Air132 km82 miWSZWestport AirportNew Zealand · Originair273 km170 miCHCChristchurch International AirportNew Zealand · Jetstar Airways304 km189 miAKLAuckland International AirportNew Zealand · Jetstar Airways480 km298 miZQNQueenstown AirportNew Zealand · Jetstar Airways640 km398 miCHTInia William Tuuta Memorial AirportNew Zealand · Air Chathams766 km476 miSYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways2,228 km1,384 miOOLGold Coast AirportAustralia · Jetstar Airways2,424 km1,506 miBNEBrisbane International AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Qantas Airways2,511 km1,560 miMELMelbourne AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways2,590 km1,609 miNANNadi International AirportFiji · Fiji Airways2,632 km1,635 mi
Most destinationsJetstar Airways 4Sounds Air 3Originair 3Qantas Airways 3Air Chathams 1QantasLink 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from WLG. From the Wikipedia article “Wellington Airport” (revision of 7 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers3.8M (2021)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#402of 3,974 · #12 Oceania · #2 NZLongest runway1,936 m6,352 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,213of 29,823 · =146 Oceania · #7 NZElevation13 m41 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=39,711of 43,341 · =1,824 Oceania · #126 NZAgeOpened 19592026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,466of 15,079 · =94 Oceania · #10 NZRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =526 Oceania · =41 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

4 channels
APPAPP122.300
ATISATIS126.900
GNDGND121.900
TWRTWR118.800