AirportsInvercargill Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Invercargill, in Southland Region, New Zealand. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is IVC.
Key facts
- IATA code
- IVC
- ICAO code
- NZNV
- City
- Invercargill
- State or region
- Southland Region
- Country
- New Zealand
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 46.4124° S, 168.3130° E
- Elevation
- 2 m (5 ft)
- Runways
- 4
- Longest runway
- 2,210 m (7,251 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, IVC means Invercargill Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: NZNV. ICAO codes that begin with N belong to the South Pacific. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 46.4124° S, 168.3130° E. It stands 2 metres (5 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Dunedin, about 179 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Pacific/Auckland, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Invercargill Airport has 4 runways in the data. The longest is 2,210 metres (7,251 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 28 airports of New Zealand on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 3.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 2,210 m 7,251 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 12/30 | 913 m 2,996 ft | 25 m | Grass | not listed |
| 04R/22L | 695 m 2,280 ft | 20 m | Grass | not listed |
| 07/25 | 426 m 1,398 ft | 20 m | Grass | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Dunedin International AirportDunedin | DUD | 155 km |
| Queenstown AirportQueenstown | ZQN | 159 km |
| Wanaka AirportWanaka | WKA | 202 km |
| Timaru Airport | TIU | 327 km |
| Hokitika Airfield | HKK | 462 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,348 km | 15 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 11,940 km | 14 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,733 km | 17 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 19,022 km | 23 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 15,098 km | 18 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,551 km | 14 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 8,189 km | 10 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,550 km | 12 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 2,002 km | 2 h 55 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.