Editing Transport in New Zealand (section)

===Airports===
{{Main|List of airports in New Zealand}}
[[File:NewZealandAirportsMap.png|thumb|250px|Map of New Zealand airports that have scheduled air services]]
[[File:WP 20140908 025.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Christchurch Airport]] terminal, the largest in the South Island]]

There are 123 airports (including [[aerodrome]]s) in New Zealand.<ref name="statistics">{{cite book|title=New Zealand Investment and Business Guide Volume 1 Strategic and Practical Information|date=2015|publisher=IBP, Inc|isbn=9781312942288|page=25|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2GHxCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA25|access-date=12 September 2017}}</ref> Five provide international air services (as well as domestic services); [[Auckland Airport|Auckland]] and [[Christchurch Airport|Christchurch]] (the largest airports in the North and South Islands, respectively) provide long-haul and short-haul international services; and [[Wellington Airport|Wellington]], [[Dunedin Airport|Dunedin]] and [[Queenstown Airport|Queenstown]] provide short-haul international services to Australia and Fiji. About 30 other airports provide scheduled domestic air services.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Zealand Aviation Overview: Flights, passengers and related statistics|url=http://www.mbie.govt.nz/info-services/sectors-industries/tourism/tourism-research-data/other-research-and-reports/pdf-and-document-library/NZAviation.pdf|website=www.tourismresearch.govt.nz|publisher=Ministry of Tourism|access-date=12 September 2017|date=2008}}</ref> The [[List of the busiest airports in New Zealand|busiest]] airport is Auckland, which handled 16,487,648 (9,005,612 international and 7,482,036 domestic) passengers in the year ended December 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Monthly Traffic update- January 2016|url=https://www.aucklandairport.co.nz/Corporate/NewsAndMedia/Publications/Monthly-Traffic-Reports.aspx|publisher=Auckland Airport|access-date=12 September 2017}}</ref>

====With paved runways====
''total:'' 39 ({{as of|2015|lc=on}})<ref name="statistics"/>
<br>over {{convert|3047|m|sigfig=1}}: 2
<br>{{convert|2438|m|sigfig=1}} to {{convert|3047|m|sigfig=1}}: 1
<br>{{convert|1524|m|sigfig=1}} to {{convert|2437|m|sigfig=1}}: 12
<br>{{convert|914|m|sigfig=1}} to {{convert|1523|m|sigfig=1}}: 23
<br>under {{convert|914|m|sigfig=1}}: 1

====With unpaved runways====
''total:'' 84 ({{as of|2015|lc=on}})<ref name="statistics"/>
<br>{{convert|1524|m|sigfig=1}} to {{convert|2437|m|sigfig=1}}: 3
<br>{{convert|914|m|sigfig=1}} to {{convert|1523|m|sigfig=1}}: 33
<br>under {{convert|914|m|sigfig=1}}: 48

==== Busiest international air routes ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+Busiest international air routes to and from New Zealand (year to 31 March 2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=Infoshare – International Travel and Migration – ITM – Table: Total passenger movements by NZ port and selected closest overseas ports (Annual-Dec) |url=https://infoshare.stats.govt.nz/ViewTable.aspx |access-date=23 February 2022 |publisher=Statistics New Zealand}}</ref>
!Rank
!New Zealand airport
!Overseas airport
!Passengers
|-
|1
|[[Auckland Airport|Auckland]]
|{{Flagicon|Australia}} [[Sydney Airport|Sydney]]
|1,451,904
|-
|2
|Auckland
|{{Flagicon|Australia}} [[Melbourne Airport|Melbourne]]
|993,122
|-
|3
|Auckland
|{{Flagicon|Australia}} [[Brisbane Airport|Brisbane]]
|827,016
|-
|4
|Auckland
|{{Flagicon|Singapore}} [[Changi Airport|Singapore]]
|584,488
|-
|5
|Auckland
|{{Flagicon|Fiji}} [[Nadi International Airport|Nadi]]
|556,651
|-
|6
|[[Christchurch Airport|Christchurch]]
|{{Flagicon|Australia}} Sydney
|489,834
|-
|7
|[[Queenstown, New Zealand|Queenstown]]
|{{Flagicon|Australia}} Sydney
|399,002
|-
|8
|Auckland
|{{Flagicon|United States}} [[Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles]]
|328,313
|-
|9
|[[Wellington]]
|{{Flagicon|Australia}} Sydney
|314,287
|-
|10
|Auckland
|{{Flagicon|China}} [[Shanghai Pudong International Airport|Shanghai]]
|316,375
|-
|11
|Auckland
|{{Flagicon|Australia}} [[Gold Coast Airport|Gold Coast]]
|311,371
|-
|12
|Christchurch
|{{Flagicon|Australia}} Melbourne
|276,724
|-
|13
|Auckland
|{{Flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Hong Kong International Airport|Hong Kong]]
|273,222
|-
|14
|Auckland
|{{Flagicon|Cook Islands}} [[Rarotonga International Airport|Rarotonga]]
|263,859
|-
|15
|Queenstown
|{{Flagicon|Australia}} Melbourne
|258,546
|}