New Zealand
New Zealand has 22 airports with published traffic data. Auckland, the busiest airport in New Zealand, handled 1,451,773 passengers in August 2026, according to Auckland Airport.
all traffic at the airport- Passengers 1,725,666 sum of 2 reporting airports · August 2026 ▼ 1.0% vs August 2025
- Flights (arrivals + departures) 8,304 sum of 14 reporting airports · September 2026
Passengers at reporting airports, by month
Data Integrity
Sum over the same 2 airports as the ranking below; periods where those airports report less than 98% of their traffic are left out. Domestic trips count at both ends.
Airports ranked
Period and source of each column
One row per airport, one column per measure. Each column is the most recent period with enough of the country's airports reporting; sort by any column.
- Passengers · August 2026 — the most recent period with enough of the country's airports reporting (2). — all traffic at the airport. Source: Auckland.
- Flights (arrivals + departures) · September 2026 — the most recent period with enough of the country's airports reporting (14). — collected from public airport flight boards (Avionio) — not an official count. Source: Avionio.
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| # | Airport | PassengersAugust 2026 | Change vs last yearpassengers | Flights (arrivals + departures)September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auckland International Airport | 1,451,773 | ▼ 2.6% | – |
| 2 | Queenstown Airport | 273,893 | ▲ 8.0% | – |
| 3 | Christchurch International Airport | – | 3,755 | |
| 4 | Nelson Airport | – | 918 | |
| 5 | Hawke's Bay Airport | – | 665 | |
| 6 | Dunedin International Airport | – | 513 | |
| 7 | Palmerston North Airport | – | 511 | |
| 8 | New Plymouth Airport | – | 436 | |
| 9 | Hamilton International Airport | – | 416 | |
| 10 | Woodbourne Airport | – | 312 | |
| 11 | Gisborne Airport | – | 268 | |
| 12 | Invercargill Airport | – | 252 | |
| 13 | Kerikeri Airport | – | 149 | |
| 14 | Hokitika Airfield | – | 76 | |
| 15 | Inia William Tuuta Memorial Airport | – | 26 | |
| 16 | Picton Aerodrome | – | 7 |
Airports
22- Auckland International Airport AKL
- Christchurch International Airport CHC
- Dunedin International Airport DUD
- Gisborne Airport GIS
- Hamilton International Airport HLZ
- Hawke's Bay Airport NPE
- Hokitika Airfield HKK
- Inia William Tuuta Memorial Airport CHT
- Invercargill Airport IVC
- Kerikeri Airport KKE
- Nelson Airport NSN
- New Plymouth Airport NPL
- Palmerston North Airport PMR
- Picton Aerodrome PCN
- Queenstown Airport ZQN
- Rotorua Regional Airport ROT
- Taupo Airport TUO
- Tauranga Airport TRG
- Wellington International Airport WLG
- Whakatāne Airport WHK
- Whangarei Airport WRE
- Woodbourne Airport BHE