This airport is located at the head of the fjord at the head of the Cleddau and Arthur rivers. It’s a very small but very busy airport catering mainly to tourist and flightseeing operators. Weather permitting, there is substantial charter traffic composed mainly of Cessna 172, 206, 207, and Cessna Caravan 208s.
Directions: Depart eastbound from NZMF following the same route you came in on and remember that you’ll need to be just above 5000ft to clear waypoint HOMER before descending into the valley (TIP: If you’re flying an aircraft that might have trouble reaching 5000 ft before HOMER, take off and perform an orbital climb over Milford Sound until at a more tenable altitude). Follow NZ State Highway 94 except for this time, when the road veers south, continue to the next valley and turn south towards Lake McKellar. Follow the Greenstone river as it spills out of the south end of Lake McKellar and snakes its way through the valley which travels south and comes back around to the northeast and then to the east where you want to come out over Lake Wakatipu at waypoint ENBAY. Once over the lake, make a southerly turn heading to waypoint MSTA1 where the Von River empties into the lake. Follow the lake as it curves to the east where you'll find NZQN.
Date | Departure | Arrival | Pilot | Aircraft | Landing rate | Distance | Flight time | ||
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23MAR25 0608Z | NZMF | NZQN | Tim Davern aka Mr Mix Tea | Cessna 414 Chancellor (C414) | -213 ft/m | 58 nm | 00:20 | View | |
25FEB24 1522Z | NZMF | NZQN | Mailregge | Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) | -275 ft/m | 65 nm | 00:17 | View | |
19DEC23 0030Z | NZMF | NZQN | DefiantPrawn | Pilatus PC-12 (PC12) | -28 ft/m | 59 nm | 00:18 | View | |
12MAR23 0057Z | NZMF | NZQN | Brandon Campbell | Cessna Citation Mustang (C510) | -301 ft/m | 58 nm | 00:42 | View | |
09MAR23 2148Z | NZMF | NZQN | ResetXPDR | Quest Kodiak (KODI) | -58 ft/m | 59 nm | 00:25 | View | |
09MAR23 0418Z | NZMF | NZQN | Icy Trinity | Bell-Boeing *V-22 Osprey (V22) | -1014 ft/m | 53 nm | 00:16 | View | |
09MAR23 0315Z | NZMF | NZQN | DeviousFusion | Cirrus Vision SF-50 (SF50) | -257 ft/m | 59 nm | 00:17 | View | |
09MAR23 0050Z | NZMF | NZQN | Seany69 | Boeing 737-700 (B737) | -202 ft/m | 46 nm | 00:10 | View | |
08MAR23 0652Z | NZMF | NZQN | Nerd_Droid | Cessna Caravan (C208) | -289 ft/m | 57 nm | 00:21 | View | |
08MAR23 0645Z | NZMF | NZQN | ExcessumPerficio | Cessna Caravan (C208) | -81 ft/m | 58 nm | 00:21 | View | |
08MAR23 0645Z | NZMF | NZQN | CoupeX | Quest Kodiak (KODI) | -39 ft/m | 56 nm | 00:21 | View | |
08MAR23 0645Z | NZMF | NZQN | Fliggity | Quest Kodiak (KODI) | -125 ft/m | 57 nm | 00:21 | View | |
08MAR23 0644Z | NZMF | NZQN | ropiemasta | Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) | -223 ft/m | 53 nm | 00:18 | View | |
08MAR23 0644Z | NZMF | NZQN | ChazXL | Cessna Caravan (C208) | -18 ft/m | 57 nm | 00:20 | View | |
08MAR23 0643Z | NZMF | NZQN | Jahdoh | Cessna Caravan (C208) | -67 ft/m | 57 nm | 00:21 | View | |
08MAR23 0642Z | NZMF | NZQN | Clorix | Unknown/Generic Undesignated (ZZZZ) | -342 ft/m | 62 nm | 00:20 | View | |
08MAR23 0641Z | NZMF | NZQN | Sven Lenkewitz | Cessna Caravan (C208) | -157 ft/m | 51 nm | 00:18 | View | |
08MAR23 0333Z | NZMF | NZQN | Percell Perry | Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) | -501 ft/m | 45 nm | 00:04 | View | |
27FEB23 0246Z | NZMF | NZQN | Wokninja | Quest Kodiak (KODI) | -149 ft/m | 57 nm | 00:23 | View |