# Queenstown International Airport (ZQN)

> Queenstown, NZ · IATA: ZQN · ICAO: NZQN · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `ZQN` |
| ICAO | `NZQN` |
| City | Queenstown |
| Country | NZ |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 357 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | -45.02110, 168.73900 |

## Description

Hemmed in by the Remarkables and the shores of Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown ranks among New Zealand's most scenic airports and, with about 2.7 million passengers in 2025, its fourth busiest. The traffic is overwhelmingly leisure: domestic links to Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch plus trans-Tasman flights to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Cargo travels only as belly freight on these passenger services, constrained by a night curfew and a short 1,891 m runway limited to narrow-body jets. For genuine air-freight volumes the South Island relies on Christchurch (CHC), while Auckland (AKL) remains the country's main gateway.

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