Nelson (New Zealand) airport

Nelson Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	NZNS
IATA code	NSN
Coordinates	41 ° 17 ′ 54 ″  S , 173 ° 13 ′ 16 ″  E Coordinates: 41 ° 17 ′ 54 ″  S , 173 ° 13 ′ 16 ″  E
Height above MSL	5 m (16  ft )
Basic data
operator	Nelson Airport Limited
Passengers	around 800,000 in 2013
Runways
02R / 20L	1347 m × 45 m asphalt
02L / 20R	731 m × 60 m grass
06/24	670 m × 60 m grass
17/35	600 m × 60 m grass

The Nelson Airport is an airport in Nelson , New Zealand. With around 800,000 passengers per year, Nelson Airport is the fifth largest airport in the country, after Auckland , Christchurch , Wellington and Queenstown .

In 2006, the airport was granted restricted status as an international airport and has been handling private foreign planes since then. In terms of scheduled flights, Nelson Airport is New Zealand's fourth busiest. On average there are 90 flight movements per day, during operating hours an aircraft takes off or lands every 4.5 minutes. The airfield is the base of the airline Air Nelson ( Air New Zealand Link ), which offers domestic flights with De Havilland DHC-8-300 . The airline is aiming to expand its base in Nelson and intends to invest several million dollars in infrastructure, including a maintenance hangar for the DHC-8-300, for which the current facilities are too small.

Airlines and Destinations

Scheduled flights

Airline	aims	Planes	Remarks
Sounds Air	Wellington	Cessna 208
Air2there	Paraparaumu	Cessna 208
Air New Zealand served by Air Nelson	Auckland , Christchurch , Wellington	De Havilland DHC-8-300
Air New Zealand served by Eagle Airways	Christchurch	Beech 1900D

Panoramic photo

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A Beechcraft 1900 takes off at Nelson Airport

Web links

• Homepage . Nelson Airport,accessed August 11, 2014. 
• Annual Report 2013 . (PDF (5.0 MB))Nelson Airport,accessed on August 11, 2014(English). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} homepage . Nelson Airport , accessed August 11, 2014 .  
2. ^ Air Nelson to be given leeway over expansion . Stuff - Nelson Mail , January 1, 2009, accessed August 10, 2014 .