Live flights over Nelson Airport (NSN)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 58 departures and 44 arrivals at Nelson Airport, 51 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Wellington (WLG), Auckland (AKL) and Christchurch (CHC). The airline seen most often is Air New Zealand.
Airport data
- IATA code
- NSN
- ICAO code
- NZNS
- City
- Nelson
- Region
- Nelson Region
- Country
- New Zealand
- Elevation
- 5 m (17 ft)
- Coordinates
- -41.29671, 173.22432
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Nelson 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 Nelson.
Seen by the network
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 30 | 27 | 57 |
| Sat 24 | 28 | 17 | 45 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Wellington WLG 38 flights
- Auckland AKL 23 flights
- Christchurch CHC 14 flights
- Palmerston North PMR 4 flights
- Napier NPE 1 flights
Airlines
- Air New ZealandANZ 57
- Sounds AirSDA 14
- Origin Pacific AirwaysOGN 8
- Nelson Aviation CollegeCGE 6
- FDCFDC 3
- LFTLFT 2
- Aerial Surveys (1980) LimitedSUY 1
Aircraft
- ATR 72-600 AT76 29
- DH8C 28
- C208 14
- JS32 8
- BE20 5
- AS50 4
- PA44 4
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee P28A 3
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 Nelson 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/-41.29671/lon/173.22432/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Nelson right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Nelson Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Nelson: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of NSN, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Nelson Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Air New Zealand, Sounds Air, Origin Pacific Airways, Nelson Aviation College and FDC.
What are the main connections from Nelson Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Wellington (WLG, 38), Auckland (AKL, 23), Christchurch (CHC, 14), Palmerston North (PMR, 4) and Napier (NPE, 1). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Nelson? +
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 Nelson Airport? +
Nelson Airport has IATA code NSN and ICAO code NZNS. It lies in Nelson Region, New Zealand, at coordinates -41.29671, 173.22432.
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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Coverage quality depends on the density of receivers. With a Raspberry Pi and an RTL-SDR antenna you can help track flights over Nelson Region, New Zealand.