Live flights over Queenstown Airport (ZQN)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 407 departures and 219 arrivals at Queenstown Airport, 89 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Auckland (AKL), Sydney (SYD) and Christchurch (CHC). The airline seen most often is Air New Zealand.
Airport data
- IATA code
- ZQN
- ICAO code
- NZQN
- City
- Queenstown
- Region
- Otago Region
- Country
- New Zealand
- Elevation
- 357 m (1,171 ft)
- Coordinates
- -45.0192, 168.74638
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Queenstown Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Queenstown.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 38 | 8 | 46 |
| Mon 2 | 64 | 28 | 92 |
| Tue 3 | 45 | 19 | 64 |
| Wed 4 | 73 | 42 | 115 |
| Thu 5 | 75 | 54 | 129 |
| Fri 6 | 57 | 24 | 81 |
| Sat 7 | 55 | 44 | 99 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Auckland AKL 68 flights
- Sydney SYD Australia 29 flights
- Christchurch CHC 28 flights
- Wellington WLG 14 flights
- Melbourne MEL Australia 13 flights
- Brisbane BNE Australia 10 flights
- Gold Coast OOL Australia 2 flights
Airlines
- Air New ZealandANZ 105
- Jetstar AirwaysJST 40
- QantasQFA 22
- Virgin AustraliaVOZ 17
- Air ChathamsCVA 3
- Skycharter (Malton)SKL 1
Aircraft
- Airbus A320 A320 83
- EC30 74
- C208 73
- AS50 72
- B505 45
- R44 26
- BK17 25
- Boeing 737-800 B738 23
- ATR 72-600 AT76 22
- Airbus A320neo A20N 20
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Queenstown Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/-45.0192/lon/168.74638/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Queenstown right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Queenstown Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Queenstown: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of ZQN, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Queenstown Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Air New Zealand, Jetstar Airways, Qantas, Virgin Australia and Air Chathams.
What are the main connections from Queenstown Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Auckland (AKL, 68), Sydney (SYD, 29), Christchurch (CHC, 28), Wellington (WLG, 14) and Melbourne (MEL, 13). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Queenstown? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Queenstown Airport? +
Queenstown Airport has IATA code ZQN and ICAO code NZQN. It lies in Otago Region, New Zealand, at coordinates -45.0192, 168.74638.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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