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NZNSNSN

Nelson Airport

Nelson, New Zealand

Elevation
17 ft
Runways
4
Longest
4,420 ft
Position
-41.297, 173.224
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Warning: pilot use only. For flight simulation use only. This information is not maintained to any aeronautical standard and must never be used for real world navigation or flight planning.

The field

022002L20R17350624N5 km
4 runways. Point at one for its dimensions.
North up, drawn to scale from published runway threshold positions.
NZWBNZNSN
1 airfield in range. Point at one for its bearing.
  • NZWB32
Rings at 15, 30 and 50 nm. 1 other airfield in range, at true bearing. Where two sit close together only the nearer one is labelled.

By the numbers

  • 10,514 ft

    Runway, all told

    1.7 nm of pavement across 4 runways

  • 22nd

    Longest in New Zealand

    of 38 airfields in the country

  • 4207th

    Longest in the world

    of 4,677 with a measured runway

  • 32nd

    Highest in New Zealand

    17 ft above sea level

  • 32 nm

    Nearest airfield

    NZWB, bearing 115

  • Asphalt, Grass

    Surface

    1 of 4 lit

Current weather

METAR, live from NOAA aviation weather

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Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceLit
02/204,420 ft148 ftAsphaltYes
02L/20R2,398 ft197 ftGrassNo
17/351,970 ft197 ftGrassNo
06/241,726 ft79 ftGrassNo

Frequencies

  • ATISATIS129.100
  • CLDCLNC DEL123.300
  • TWRTWR127.400
  • APPAPP127.400
  • AFISCHRISTCHRIST CON123.700

Real world frequencies, listed for reference. What is actually staffed on the network appears on the map and in the client.

Fly from here

  • Plan a leg out of NZNS
  • NZNS to NZWB, the nearest field

On the network

Nothing has been run at NZNS yet. When an event uses this field it appears here, with what was flown and who worked it.

What is on the calendar

Nearby airfields

  • NZWBWoodbourne Airport32 nm
  • NZWNWellington International Airport71 nm
  • NZWSWestport Airport79 nm
  • NZPPParaparaumu Airport83 nm
  • NZMSHood Airport111 nm
  • NZWUWanganui Airport115 nm

Elsewhere

  • Airport website
  • Wikipedia

Airport, runway and frequency data from OurAirports, which is public domain. Weather from NOAA aviation weather.