Airports / New Zealand / ZQN
Queenstown Airport
NZQN / ZQNQueenstown, New ZealandELEV 1,171 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
28 nm
To the nearest alternate
Wanaka Airport (WKA) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Queenstown Airport (NZQN / ZQN) sits in Queenstown, New Zealand, where it functions as a large commercial airport. The airport sits 1,171 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into ZQN for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Wanaka Airport (WKA, 28 nm), Alexandra Aerodrome (ALR, 29 nm), and Manapouri Airport (TEU, 56 nm).
Charter pricing from ZQN depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Queenstown.
Field capability
ICAO
NZQN
IATA
ZQN
FAA / Local
NZQN
Elevation
1,171 ft
Coordinates
45.0192° S · 168.7464° 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
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs New Zealand fields
state range 4–2,153 ft
At 1,171 ft, ZQN sits higher than 87% 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.
- 28nmWKAWanaka AirportWanaka
- 29nmALRAlexandra AerodromeAlexandra
- 56nmTEUManapouri Airport
- 75nmTWZPukaki AirportTwitzel
- 82nmDUDDunedin International AirportDunedin
- 86nmIVCInvercargill AirportInvercargill
Location
Open the full mapNZQN · Queenstown Airport · Queenstown, New Zealand