AviatDataQueenstown Airport ZQN / NZQN
Queenstown, Otago · New Zealand · Queenstown Airport Corporation Ltd (QAC), a council-controlled organisation jointly owned by Queenstown Lakes District Council (75.01%) and Auckland International Airport Limited (24.99%, via Auckland Airport Holdings (No2) Ltd)
2.8Mpax · 2026
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1 · bonded
ICAO / IATANZQN / ZQN
OperatorQueenstown Airport Corporation Ltd (QAC), a council-controlled organisation jointly owned by Queenstown Lakes District Council (75.01%) and Auckland International Airport Limited (24.99%, via Auckland Airport Holdings (No2) Ltd)
Coordinates45.0211°S, 168.7392°E
Elevation1,171 ft · 357 m
Time zoneNZST (UTC+12, DST NZDT UTC+13, late Sep-early Apr)
Passengers / yr2,820,000 (2026)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
BondedYes
AIP referenceNZQN — AIP New Zealand (Airways New Zealand AIS)
Operating hours0700-2200 daily under Civil Aviation Authority rules; Air New Zealand, Jetstar, Qantas and Virgin Australia are certified for limited operations after dark using runway lighting installed in 2016. Strict noise curfew - no non-emergency aircraft movements outside these hours. Terminal open 0400-2230 daily; overnight stays inside the terminal are not permitted.
TerminalsSingle integrated domestic/international terminal, one level, nine gates, no jet bridges (2015 mezzanine built for possible future airbridges); engineered materials arrestor system (EMAS) installed at both ends of the main runway, completed March 2025.
Runways (2)
- 05/23 · 1,891 m / 6,204 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt (grooved) · ILS None (RNP AR / RNAV-GNSS approaches only - surrounding terrain precludes ILS)
- 14/32 · 890 m / 2,920 ft · 10 m wide · Bitumen · ILS None (visual, VFR crosswind strip)
New Zealand's fourth-busiest airport and the principal air gateway to the Southern Lakes/Queenstown resort region; hub for Glenorchy Air (Milford Sound and other Fiordland destinations) with trans-Tasman service to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast on Air New Zealand, Jetstar, Qantas and Virgin Australia, plus domestic trunk routes to Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Ringed by high terrain with no ILS - all instrument approaches are RNP AR/RNAV-GNSS - and a strict 2200 noise curfew applies; QAC also manages nearby Wanaka Airport and Glenorchy Airfield for Queenstown Lakes District Council. FY2026 (year ended 30 June 2026) was the first full financial year international passenger movements exceeded 1,000,000, on total passenger movements of about 2.82 million.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 2 providers
Menzies Aviation (Queenstown)
Full passenger and ramp ground handling, meet & assist, lounge operations, and narrow-body aircraft handling for scheduled carriers at Queenstown Airport; directly confirmed on Menzies' own network page (menziesaviation.com/our-network/queenstown-zqn/).
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Air New Zealand
Self-handled, Air New Zealand \u2014 as the dominant carrier at its own major NZ domestic/regional port, Air NZ operates its own ramp and turnaround ground crew at Queenstown rather than using a third-party handler; a live Queenstown-based "Aircraft Service Agent" posting was not present on careers.airnewzealand.co.nz at time of check (postings rotate), so treat the specific staffing citation as indicative rather than a standing confirmation.
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Aircraft fuel
Unconfirmed
RD Petroleum Ltd (Aviation)
RD Petroleum runs a national aviation fuel desk (Avgas and Jet A-1) as an Air BP distributor with dedicated tankers and a nationwide Aviation Fuel Map, so it plausibly reaches Queenstown among its network sites. However rdp.co.nz's own aviation page does not name Queenstown Airport, and its published aviation customer references (Marlborough Helicopters at Omaka, Southern Lakes Helicopters at Te Anau) are both other, smaller airfields, not ZQN. A specific named on-site contact could not be independently verified. Treat RDP's presence as ZQN's into-plane agent as unconfirmed pending direct confirmation.
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De-icing
Seasonal
Queenstown Airport Corporation
Airport operations staff clear snow and apply de-icing treatments during winter weather events; Queenstown's Southern Alps location gives it a genuine winter/frost climate (ski-resort region) unlike most NZ ports, so seasonal de-icing is plausible. The specific "Shovels at the ready" NZ Herald citation and the precise division of aircraft-side de-icing duties between airport staff, airlines, and ground handlers could not be, so treat those specifics as partly unconfirmed while the general seasonal service remains well supported by climate.
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Part-145 line maintenance
Unconfirmed
Menzies Aviation (Queenstown)
Menzies' Queenstown network page lists "engineering" among its services there, but gives no scope detail (transit/line checks vs. AOG support only), so treat as unconfirmed.
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Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Unconfirmed
Air New Zealand
In-house, Air New Zealand \u2014 Air New Zealand Cargo's site states it provides domestic cargo services "from Northland to Southland," implying a Queenstown domestic counter, but no Queenstown-specific cargo facility, contact, or after-hours-counter statement could be independently located on airnewzealandcargo.com.
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Aviation security
Available
Aviation Security Service (Avsec)
Statutory national provider of aviation security screening; Queenstown is one of the handful of major NZ airports where Avsec operates, covering passenger/cabin-baggage and hold-baggage screening, perimeter patrols, aircraft searches, and airport-worker ID/access screening, per queenstownairport.co.nz/at-the-airport/security/. A specific claim of Advanced Imaging Technology body scanners and Smiths Detection CT X-ray units introduced from February 2026 could not be independently verified and should be treated as unconfirmed equipment detail rather than a confirmed fact.
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Passenger & crew transport
Available
Queenstown Corporate Jet Services
Secure limousine ground transport and preferential crew hotel rates arranged directly through the FBO for crew and passengers; directly confirmed on qcjets.com.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Flight support
Available
Queenstown Corporate Jet Services
The sole full-service FBO at the Corporate Jet Terminal, Sir Henry Wigley Drive, Queenstown Airport; arranges CIQ (customs/immigration) clearance and aircraft handling for private/corporate jets, turboprops and helicopters, as part of the nationwide Capital Jet Services FBO network; directly confirmed on qcjets.com.
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Hotel & travel
Not listed