List of the busiest airports in New Zealand
This is a list of the busiest airports in New Zealand by passenger numbers and aircraft movements.
Passenger Numbers
2015 Passenger Numbers
| Rank | Airport | IATA | Location | Passengers |
| 1. | Auckland International Airport | AKL | Auckland | 15,892,741[1] |
| 2. | Christchurch International Airport | CHC | Christchurch | 5,915,785[2] |
| 3. | Wellington International Airport | WLG | Wellington | 5,457,279 [3] |
| 4. | Queenstown International Airport | ZQN | Queenstown | 1,409,663[4] |
| 5. | Dunedin International Airport | DUD | Dunedin | 861,982[5] |
| 6. | Nelson Airport | NSN | Nelson | 764,050[6] |
| 7. | Hawkes Bay Airport | NPE | Napier | 476,000[7] |
| 8. | Palmerston North Airport | PMR | Palmerston North | 466,557[8] |
| 9. | New Plymouth Airport | NPL | New Plymouth | 342,000[9] |
| 10. | Hamilton Airport | HLZ | Hamilton | 291,000[10] |
| 11. | Tauranga Airport | TRG | Tauranga | 285,992[11] |
| 12. | Invercargill Airport | IVC | Invercargill | 277,838[12] |
| 13. | Blenheim Airport | BHE | Blenheim | 250,000[13] |
| 14. | Rotorua International Airport | ROT | Rotorua | 222,226[14] |
2014 Passenger Numbers
| Rank | Airport | IATA | Location | Passengers |
| 1. | Auckland International Airport | AKL | Auckland | 15,098,346[15] |
| 2. | Christchurch International Airport | CHC | Christchurch | 5,709,272[16] |
| 3. | Wellington International Airport | WLG | Wellington | 5,437,286[17] |
| 4. | Queenstown International Airport | ZQN | Queenstown | 1,248,878[18] |
| 5. | Dunedin International Airport | DUD | Dunedin | 853,097[19] |
| 6. | Nelson Airport | NSN | Nelson | 744,416[6] |
| 7. | Hawkes Bay Airport | NPE | Napier | 456,672[20] |
| 8. | Palmerston North Airport | PMR | Palmerston North | 455,166[8] |
| 9. | New Plymouth Airport | NPL | New Plymouth | 343,572[21] |
| 10. | Hamilton Airport | HLZ | Hamilton | 294,396[22] |
| 11. | Invercargill Airport | IVC | Invercargill | 281,811[23] |
| 12. | Tauranga Airport | TRG | Tauranga | 273,857[24] |
| 13. | Blenheim Airport | BHE | Blenheim | 241,173[25] |
| 14. | Rotorua International Airport | ROT | Rotorua | 215,276[26] |
2013 Passenger Numbers
| Rank | Airport | IATA | Location | Passengers |
| 1. | Auckland International Airport | AKL | Auckland | 14,862,485[27] |
| 2. | Christchurch International Airport | CHC | Christchurch | 5,576,821[28] |
| 3. | Wellington International Airport | WLG | Wellington | 5,373,622[17] |
| 4. | Queenstown International Airport | ZQN | Queenstown | 1,215,526 [29] |
| 5. | Dunedin International Airport | DUD | Dunedin | 857,951[19] |
| 6. | Nelson Airport | NSN | Nelson | 767,298[30] |
| 7. | Hawkes Bay Airport | NPE | Napier | 451,128[31] |
| 8. | Palmerston North Airport | PMR | Palmerston North | 445,147[32] |
| 9. | New Plymouth Airport | NPL | New Plymouth | 332,178[33] |
| 10. | Hamilton International Airport | HLZ | Hamilton | 306,000[34] |
| 11. | Invercargill Airport | IVC | Invercargill | 280,000[35] |
| 12. | Tauranga Airport | TRG | Tauranga | 261,265[36] |
| 13. | Blenheim Airport | BHE | Blenheim | 227,886[25] |
| 14. | Rotorua International Airport | ROT | Rotorua | 217,545[26] |
2012 Passenger Numbers
| Rank | Airport | IATA | Location | Passengers |
| 1. | Auckland International Airport | AKL | Auckland | 14,160,640[37] |
| 2. | Christchurch International Airport | CHC | Christchurch | 5,485,023[38] |
| 3. | Wellington International Airport | WLG | Wellington | 5,191,729[39] |
| 4. | Queenstown International Airport | ZQN | Queenstown | 1,156,250[40] |
| 5. | Dunedin International Airport | DUD | Dunedin | 853,650[41] |
| 6. | Nelson Airport | NSN | Nelson | 776,448[42] |
| 7. | Palmerston North International Airport | PMR | Palmerston North | 449,318[43] |
| 8. | Hawkes Bay Airport | NPE | Napier | 440,704[44] |
| 9. | Hamilton International Airport | HLZ | Hamilton | 354,000[45] |
| 10. | New Plymouth Airport | NPL | New Plymouth | 321,337[46] |
| 11. | Invercargill Airport | IVC | Invercargill | 285,000[47] |
| 12. | Tauranga Airport | TRG | Tauranga | 248,519[48] |
| 13. | Rotorua International Airport | ROT | Rotorua | 226,795[49] |
| 14. | Blenheim Airport | BHE | Blenheim | 221,707[25] |
2011 Passenger Numbers
| Rank | Airport | IATA | Location | Passengers |
| 1. | Auckland International Airport | AKL | Auckland | 13,703,043[50] |
| 2. | Christchurch International Airport | CHC | Christchurch | 5,592,529[51] |
| 3. | Wellington International Airport | WLG | Wellington | 5,135,000[52] |
| 4. | Queenstown International Airport | ZQN | Queenstown | 966,574[50] |
| 5. | Dunedin International Airport | DUD | Dunedin | 776,508[41] |
| 6. | Nelson Airport | NSN | Nelson | 758,250[53] |
| 7. | Palmerston North International Airport | PMR | Palmerston North | 449,090[54] |
| 8. | Hawkes Bay Airport | NPE | Napier | 431,903[55] |
| 9. | Hamilton International Airport | HLZ | Hamilton | 362,000[56] |
| 10. | New Plymouth Airport | NPL | New Plymouth | 300,960[46] |
| 11. | Invercargill Airport | IVC | Invercargill | 281,633[57] |
| 12. | Tauranga Airport | TRG | Tauranga | 246,485[58] |
| 13. | Rotorua International Airport | ROT | Rotorua | 227,578[59] |
| 14. | Blenheim Airport | BHE | Blenheim | 212,179[25] |
Total Aircraft Movements
2013 Total Movements
This list includes IFR, VFR and International movements, It is from Airways NZ movement data.[60]
| Rank | Airport | IATA | Location | Movements |
| 1. | Auckland International Airport | AKL | Auckland | 157,095 |
| 2. | Hamilton International Airport | HLZ | Hamilton | 135,404 |
| 3. | Christchurch International Airport | CHC | Christchurch | 107,822 |
| 4. | Wellington International Airport | WLG | Wellington | 101,161 |
| 5. | Tauranga Airport | TRG | Tauranga | 70,450 |
| 6. | Palmerston North International Airport | PMR | Palmerston North | 55,960 |
| 7. | Nelson Airport | NSN | Nelson | 45,677 |
| 8. | Queenstown International Airport | ZQN | Queenstown | 43,012 |
| 9. | Kapiti Coast Airport | PPQ | Kapiti Coast | 31,241 |
| 10. | RNZAF Base Ohakea | OHA | Ohakea | 28,807 |
| 11. | New Plymouth Airport | NPL | New Plymouth | 24,910 |
| 12. | Hawkes Bay Airport | NPE | Napier | 24,386 |
| 13. | Invercargill Airport | IVC | Invercargill | 23,058 |
| 14. | Dunedin International Airport | DUD | Dunedin | 22,758 |
| 15. | Rotorua International Airport | ROT | Rotorua | 22,532 |
2012 Total Movements
| Rank | Airport | IATA | Location | Movements |
| 1. | Auckland International Airport | AKL | Auckland | 155,903 |
| 2. | Hamilton International Airport | HLZ | Hamilton | 128,744 |
| 3. | Christchurch International Airport | CHC | Christchurch | 108,757 |
| 4. | Wellington International Airport | WLG | Wellington | 102,454 |
| 5. | Tauranga Airport | TRG | Tauranga | 72,652 |
| 6. | Palmerston North International Airport | PMR | Palmerston North | 67,395 |
| 7. | Nelson Airport | NSN | Nelson | 48,073 |
| 8. | Queenstown International Airport | ZQN | Queenstown | 43,776 |
| 9. | Kapiti Coast Airport | PPQ | Kapiti Coast | 33,702 |
| 10. | RNZAF Base Ohakea | OHA | Ohakea | 30,959 |
| 11. | New Plymouth Airport | NPL | New Plymouth | 30,773 |
| 12. | Invercargill Airport | IVC | Invercargill | 28,491 |
| 13. | Dunedin International Airport | DUD | Dunedin | 25,328 |
| 14. | Hawkes Bay Airport | NPE | Napier | 25,242 |
| 15. | Rotorua International Airport | ROT | Rotorua | 22,092 |
2011 Total Movements
| Rank | Airport | IATA | Location | Movements |
| 1. | Auckland International Airport | AKL | Auckland | 156,484 |
| 2. | Christchurch International Airport | CHC | Christchurch | 121,112 |
| 3. | Hamilton International Airport | HLZ | Hamilton | 110,419 |
| 4. | Wellington International Airport | WLG | Wellington | 105,585 |
| 5. | Tauranga Airport | TRG | Tauranga | 74,400 |
| 6. | Palmerston North International Airport | PMR | Palmerston North | 65,708 |
| 7. | RNZAF Base Ohakea | OHA | Ohakea | 55,726 |
| 8. | Nelson Airport | NSN | Nelson | 50,094 |
| 9. | Queenstown International Airport | ZQN | Queenstown | 41,769 |
| 10. | New Plymouth Airport | NPL | New Plymouth | 32,791 |
| 11. | Invercargill Airport | IVC | Invercargill | 30,840 |
| 12. | Dunedin International Airport | DUD | Dunedin | 29,229 |
| 13. | Hawkes Bay Airport | NPE | Napier | 27,322 |
| 14. | Rotorua International Airport | ROT | Rotorua | 22,682 |
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