Queenstown Airport

Queenstown International Airport is an international airport located in , , , which serves the resort town of . The airport handled 2.7 million passengers in the calendar year 2025, making it the fourth busiest airport in New Zealand by passenger total passenger traffic.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: international airport in Queenstown, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “NZQN”, “Queenstown Drome”, “Queenstown International Airport”, and “ZQN”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wakatipu High School and Lake Johnson.

School
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is a state coeducationalsecondary school located in , New Zealand. Serving Years 9 to 13. A total of 1,538 students attend the school as of July 2026. As of 2024 it is the only public high school in Queenstown.

Lake
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is a small lake near the suburb of in in the of . It has no inflow or outflow and is classified as a glacial lake.

Peak
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is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Frankton and Quail Rise.

Suburb
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is a suburb of the town of in the of New Zealand, it was formerly a separate settlement.

Quarter
is a residential suburb of in the of New Zealand. Development of the circa 200 residential sections started around 1996 with the final sections being released in 2012.

Quarter
is a suburb of in the of New Zealand. It has around 810 sections and was originally 202 hectares when first rezoned from rural to residential.

Queenstown Airport

Latitude
-45.01942° or 45° 1′ 10″ south
Longitude
168.74661° or 168° 44′ 48″ east
Elevation
357 metres (1,171 feet)
Operator
Queenstown Airport Corporation Limited
IATA airport code
ZQN
ICAO airport code
NZQN
United Nations Location Code
NZ ZQN
Open location code
4V6CXPJW+6J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 175977600
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6206225
Wiki­data ID
Q1204970
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Queenstown Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار كوينزتاون”
  • Cebuano: “Queenstown Airport (tugpahanan sa New Zealand)”
  • Cebuano: “Queenstown Airport”
  • Chinese: “皇后鎮國際機場”
  • Chinese: “皇后鎮機場”
  • Chinese: “皇后镇国际机场”
  • Czech: “Letiště Queenstown”
  • Czech: “NZQN”
  • Czech: “Queenstown Airport”
  • Czech: “Queenstown International Airport”
  • Czech: “ZQN”
  • French: “aéroport international de Queenstown”
  • French: “Aéroport international de Queenstown”
  • French: “Queenstown airport”
  • French: “Queenstown Airport”
  • French: “ZQN”
  • Galician: “Aeroporto de Queenstown”
  • German: “Flughafen Queenstown”
  • German: “NZQN”
  • German: “ZQN”
  • Hungarian: “Queenstowni repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Queenstown”
  • Indonesian: “NZQN”
  • Indonesian: “ZQN”
  • Japanese: “NZQN”
  • Japanese: “ZQN”
  • Japanese: “クイーンズタウン国際空港”
  • Japanese: “クイーンズタウン空港”
  • Korean: “퀸스타운 공항”
  • Korean: “퀸스타운 국제공항”
  • Korean: “퀸즈타운 공항”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Queenstown, New Zealand”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Queenstown”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه کوئینزتاون”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Queenstown”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Queenstown”
  • Russian: “Аэропорт Куинстаун”
  • Russian: “Куинстаун”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи куеҳинзтовн”
  • Turkish: “Queenstown Havalimanı”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay Queenstown”

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