Live flights over Queenstown Airport (ZQN)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 30 departures and 13 arrivals at Queenstown Airport, 22 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Auckland (AKL), Wellington (WLG) 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
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 24 | 26 | 13 | 39 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Auckland AKL 3 flights
- Wellington WLG 2 flights
- Christchurch CHC 1 flights
- Sydney SYD Australia 1 flights
Airlines
- Air New ZealandANZ 5
- Jetstar AirwaysJST 3
- Air ChathamsCVA 1
- QantasQFA 1
Aircraft
- AS50 14
- Airbus A320 A320 6
- EC30 4
- B505 3
- BK17 3
- R44 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 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 (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Air New Zealand, Jetstar Airways, Air Chathams and Qantas.
What are the main connections from Queenstown Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Auckland (AKL, 3), Wellington (WLG, 2), Christchurch (CHC, 1) and Sydney (SYD, 1). 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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