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The mountains and the mudpools are two of New Zealand's great natural features. This week's SNO takes us on a journey between the nation's two most popular tourist centres, Queenstown (NZQN) and Rotorua (NZRO).
Flight time will vary depending on aircraft type. As a guide a B737 would take just over an hour and a high performance turboprop would take around 2 hours.
These routes are typically suited to B737 aircraft and turboprops but if you have another aircraft you want to bring, feel free to bring it along.
Late-comers/shorter alternative: Late-comers or people looking for a shorter flight should consider flying between Wellington and Rotorua.
Flight Routes
Queenstown to Rotorua
- QNRO2 - SH H438 TM H247 RO
Rotorua to Queenstown
- ROQN1 - RO H247 TM H438 SH
Airports
NZQN Queenstown, New Zealand
Arrivals
- Arrival/Departure (1) & (2)
- RNAV (GNSS) STAR RWY 05 (1) & (2)
- RNAV (GNSS) STAR RWY 05 (3) & RWY 23 (1)
- RNAV (GNSS) STAR RWY 23 (2) & (3)
- VFR Arrival Procedures (1) & (2)
- VFR Arrivals, Helicopter VFR Arrival/Departure Procedures (1)
- Helicopter VFR Arrival/Departure Procedures (2) & (3)
- Helicopter VFR Arrival/Departure Procedures (4)
Approaches
Ground
Departures
- RNAV (GNSS) SID RWY 05 (5)
- RNAV (GNSS) SID RWY 23 (1) & (2)
- RNAV (GNSS) SID RWY 23 (3) & (4)
- RNAV (GNSS) SID RWY 23 (5) & (6)
- RNAV (GNSS) SID RWY 23 (7)
- Bridge Seven Departure, Frankton Six Departure
- RNAV (RNP) ANPOV THREE ALFA Departure, RNAV (RNP) ANPOV THREE BRAVO Departure
- RNAV (RNP) IPNOR THREE ALFA Departure, RNAV (RNP) IPNOR THREE BRAVO Departure
- RNAV (GNSS) SID RWY 05 (1) & (2)
- RNAV (GNSS) SID RWY 05 (3) & (4)
- VFR Departure Procedures (1) & (2)
- VFR Departures
Standard Route Clearances
Miscellaneous
NZRO Rotorua, New Zealand
Arrivals
Approaches
Ground
Departures
Standard Route Clearances
Miscellaneous
Positions
Callsign | Radio Name | FrequencyFreq | |
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CTR | NZCH-B_CTR | Bay Approach | 119.500 |
NZCH-S_CTR | Christchurch Control | 129.300 | |
TWR | NZQN_TWR | Queenstown Tower | 118.100 |
NZRO_TWR | Rotorua Tower | 121.200 |