AirportsQueenstown Airport is a large airport serving Queenstown, in Otago Region, New Zealand. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is ZQN.
Key facts
- IATA code
- ZQN
- ICAO code
- NZQN
- City
- Queenstown
- State or region
- Otago Region
- Country
- New Zealand
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 45.0192° S, 168.7464° E
- Elevation
- 357 m (1,171 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 1,891 m (6,204 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, ZQN means Queenstown Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: NZQN. 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 45.0192° S, 168.7464° E. It stands 357 metres (1,171 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Dunedin, about 167 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
Queenstown Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 1,891 metres (6,204 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 8.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 1,891 m 6,204 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 14/32 | 890 m 2,920 ft | 10 m | Bitumen | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Wanaka AirportWanaka | WKA | 51 km |
| Dunedin International AirportDunedin | DUD | 152 km |
| Invercargill AirportInvercargill | IVC | 159 km |
| Timaru Airport | TIU | 212 km |
| Hokitika Airfield | HKK | 313 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,327 km | 15 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 11,947 km | 14 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,759 km | 17 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 18,943 km | 23 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 15,021 km | 18 h 35 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,434 km | 14 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 8,168 km | 10 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,421 km | 11 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 1,939 km | 2 h 50 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
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