Queenstown Airport breaks ground on biggest-ever airfield investment

Airport World
14 July 2026

The first sod has been turned on Queenstown Airport’s new heavy taxiway, marking a major milestone in the largest infrastructure investment programme in the airport’s history.

Associate Minister of Transport and Minister for the South Island, James Meager, Southland MP Joseph Mooney, Queenstown Lakes District mayor John Glover, and mana whenua representatives joined Queenstown Airport chair, Simon Flood, and chief executive, Shane O’Hare, alongside project partners at a celebration this morning..

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