Airports / New Zealand / MON
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
9 nm
To the nearest alternate
Glentanner Airport (GTN) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in New Zealand, Mount Cook Airport (NZMC / MON) operates as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 2,153 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
MON has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Glentanner Airport (GTN, 9 nm), Pukaki Airport (TWZ, 28 nm), and Timaru Airport (TIU, 57 nm).
Quotes for flights out of MON vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from MON, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
NZMC
IATA
MON
FAA / Local
NZMC
Elevation
2,153 ft
Coordinates
43.7650° S · 170.1330° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs New Zealand fields
state range 4–2,153 ft
At 2,153 ft, MON sits higher than 97% of the 38 New Zealand fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 9nmGTNGlentanner AirportGlentanner Station
- 28nmTWZPukaki AirportTwitzel
- 57nmTIUTimaru Airport
- 69nmWKAWanaka AirportWanaka
- 73nmHKKHokitika Airfield
- 83nmOAMOamaru Airport
Location
Open the full mapNZMC · Mount Cook Airport