The Queenstown Airport Corporation is promising to release documents on Thursday showing it did look for a new site for Queenstown Airport. The Flightplan 2050 group, of which Mr Hilhorst is a member, is promoting the idea of relocating Queenstown Airport to a greenfields site. An aircraft takes off from Queenstown Airport over Frankton Arm at dusk. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERYQueenstown Airport was 1777m long with 90m safety areas and a redeveloped Wanaka Airport, potentially, 1900m with 240m safety areas, he said. The Sugarloaf site is about 50min drive from Queenstown Airport.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 07, 2019 16:31 UTC