Airports in New Zealand
28 airports with scheduled flights, busiest first.
New Zealand has 28 airports with scheduled passenger flights and an IATA code, 4 of them large. The busiest are Auckland International Airport (AKL, 21.1 million passengers, Wikidata, 2019), Christchurch International Airport (CHC, 6.9 million passengers, Wikidata, 2019) and Wellington International Airport (WLG, 6.4 million passengers, Wikidata, 2019).
Busiest routes
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| AKL – SYD | 2,164 km | 1,321,410 |
| AKL – MEL | 2,643 km | 1,091,173 |
| AKL – BNE | 2,298 km | 925,736 |
| SYD – ZQN | 1,941 km | 490,181 |
| CHC – SYD | 2,129 km | 438,314 |
| CHC – MEL | 2,420 km | 381,242 |
| AKL – LAX | 10,468 km | 379,258 |
| AKL – OOL | 2,219 km | 329,496 |
| MEL – ZQN | 2,151 km | 282,311 |
| AKL – PER | 5,347 km | 267,707 |
| BNE – CHC | 2,498 km | 263,157 |
| SYD – WLG | 2,232 km | 255,238 |
| AKL – SFO | 10,488 km | 234,097 |
| MEL – WLG | 2,596 km | 204,870 |
| BNE – ZQN | 2,400 km | 195,030 |
| BNE – WLG | 2,512 km | 183,536 |
| AKL – JFK | 14,208 km | 148,789 |
| AKL – IAH | 11,934 km | 128,821 |
| CHC – OOL | 2,407 km | 94,641 |
| OOL – ZQN | 2,306 km | 66,475 |
Questions
New Zealand has 28 airports with scheduled passenger flights and an IATA code, 4 of them large airports (OurAirports, 14 October 2026). Airfields without airline service are not counted.
Auckland International Airport (AKL), Christchurch International Airport (CHC), Wellington International Airport (WLG), Queenstown Airport (ZQN), Nelson Airport (NSN) and Dunedin International Airport (DUD), by passengers a year in open data. The full list with ICAO codes is on this page.
Auckland International Airport (AKL), with 21.1 million passengers (Wikidata, 2019).