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$319 Find cheap flights to Nelson

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Cheap flight deals to Nelson

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights to Nelson that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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17:55 - 09:35SYD-NSN
13h 40m1 stop
20:10 - 08:15NSN-SYD
14h 05m1 stop
$840Air New Zealand
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Fri, 3 May - Thu, 16 May
18:55 - 14:55MEL-NSN
18h 00m1 stop
19:55 - 08:05NSN-MEL
14h 10m1 stop
$894Air New Zealand
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Tue, 4 Jun - Wed, 5 Jun
19:35 - 16:50BNE-NSN
19h 15m1 stop
15:25 - 08:30NSN-BNE
19h 05m1 stop
$927Air New Zealand
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Fri, 31 May - Tue, 4 Jun
09:15 - 19:40MEL-NSN
8h 25m1 stop
09:30 - 17:25NSN-MEL
9h 55m2 stops
$932Air New Zealand
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Tue, 4 Jun - Wed, 5 Jun
09:15 - 19:40MEL-NSN
8h 25m1 stop
09:30 - 17:25NSN-MEL
9h 55m2 stops
$952Air New Zealand
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Tue, 4 Jun - Wed, 5 Jun
17:55 - 09:35SYD-NSN
13h 40m1 stop
10:20 - 08:05NSN-SYD
23h 45m2 stops
Fri, 3 May - Thu, 16 May
08:45 - 20:10MEL-NSN
9h 25m2 stops
09:30 - 17:25NSN-MEL
9h 55m2 stops
$1,010Air New Zealand
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Tue, 4 Jun - Wed, 5 Jun
08:45 - 20:10MEL-NSN
9h 25m2 stops
09:30 - 17:25NSN-MEL
9h 55m2 stops
$1,029Air New Zealand
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Tue, 4 Jun - Wed, 5 Jun
15:00 - 16:50SYD-NSN
23h 50m2 stops
10:20 - 22:20NSN-SYD
14h 00m2 stops
$1,184Qantas Airways
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Fri, 3 May - Thu, 16 May

Flights to Nelson - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights to Nelson to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest day to fly to Nelson?

The average price of all flights to Nelson clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Nelson is Tuesday where tickets can be as cheap as $908. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where prices are $1,118 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Nelson?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Nelson, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights to Nelson is February, where tickets cost $872 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and December, where the average cost of tickets from Australia is $1,438 and $1,380 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is August with an average price of $792.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Nelson?

The average price for all flights to Nelson depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to Nelson is generally at night, when flights cost $783 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Nelson is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $937.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Nelson?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights to Nelson, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price, you should book around 0 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 27 days before departure.

How long is the flight to Nelson?

The duration of your flight to Nelson depends on your departure and arrival airports. Obviously any flights that include a layover will also be longer. The most popular routes to Nelson on KAYAK are from Sydney, which takes 3h 15m, Brisbane, which takes 3h 30m, Melbourne, which takes 3h 35m, and Adelaide, which takes 7h 15m.

Good to know

Low season

August

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$319
Best time to beat the crowds (26% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (28% more expensive on average)
Flight from Melbourne to Nelson

When to book flights to Nelson

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to Nelson based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated return price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. The information is for flights to Nelson based on your location. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs - booking Nelson flights

  • How far is Nelson from central Nelson?

    The distance between Nelson and the city centre of Nelson is 6 km.

  • What is the name of Nelson’s airport?

    Nelson is served by Nelson, also commonly referred to as Nelson. The airport code is NSN.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Nelson?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights to Nelson.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to Nelson?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Nelson is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Nelson?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Nelson with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight to Nelson?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Nelson up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • Which airline offers the most flights to Nelson?

    Of the 2 airlines that fly to Nelson, Air New Zealand offers the most flights, with around 165 per week, followed by Sounds Air with 22 flights per week.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Nelson

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Find which airlines fly direct to Nelson, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Australia to Nelson

Monday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways, +2 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +3 more

Tuesday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways, +2 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +3 more

Wednesday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways, +2 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +3 more

Thursday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways, +2 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +3 more

Friday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways, +2 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +3 more

Saturday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways, +2 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +3 more

Sunday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways, +2 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +3 more

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Direct returns

Nelson to Australia

Monday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways, +2 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +3 more

Tuesday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways, +2 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +3 more

Wednesday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways, +2 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +3 more

Thursday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways, +2 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +3 more

Friday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways, +2 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +3 more

Saturday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways, +2 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +3 more

Sunday

Air China, Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways, +2 more

Air China, Air New Zealand, +3 more

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Top airlines flying to Nelson

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Nelson. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from Australia to Nelson. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Nelson? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.2
Air New ZealandOverall score based on 647 reviews
8.4boarding
7.9entertainment
7.7food
8.8crew
8.1comfort
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Short flight so no entertainment, turbulence so no food service - overall flight as expected

8.0 ExcellentMichelle, Apr 2024NPL - AKL
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Short flight so no entertainment, turbulence so no food service - overall flight as expected

Great meal. Best seats ever! They need to teach other airlines how to do that.

Overall excellent but the Captain kept the seat belt sign on for far too long, especially at the beginning and end of the flight. It was 2 hours after take-off before the crew were able to start the service (on an 11 hour night flight, reducing our sleeping time) and the seat belt sign on went on during breakfast (90 mins before landing) and was not turned off again until we landed. This made for an uncomfortable journey of trying to limit fluid intake because it was unclear when the toilets would be available for use.

Food was not good. We asked for Muslim food and it was weird tasteless type of boiled veges.

Crew were pleasant, happy to be there and were a joy to be around. Entire operation was professional, well thought out and ran like a Swiss clock.

United flight from SFO to PDX was cancelled. I will ask for a refund. Had to book on Alaska

They announced food service but then never came around. We also couldn’t land so kept trying to get to runway and then had to come up and go around happened like 3 times and cause the child next to me to start throwing up

There was a snafu with confirming seats at check which left us in limbo for the second leg of our trip. I believe the ANZ app is not well integrated with the systems at the terminal resulting in this disconcerting error.

Flight attendants are always pleasant and helpful. Pilot kept us updated.

Just a hiccup being added to the NZ Traveller Declaration a bit late.

Following a marathon flight riddled by delays and changes from Santiago, Chile, my flight to Melbourne from Sydney was on schedule but I was transferred to the next flight. The reason by ticketing and the floor manager was I missed the entry to flight by one minute! That's right, the emphasised that if I was 1 minute earlier I would be on the flight. I asked what was the point them emphasising 1minute overdue and how that helped me or the situation. They didn't care at all. Replying that if it was one minute earlier they would've done something and smirking delivering the information. Australian's do call Australia home, Qantas calls Australian's suckers.

1) crackly headphone jack 2) one of the emergency seats recline. Usually second row does. But in this case neither did 3) food was scrambled eggs or fruit. 4) fruit should not be the option to eggs 5)miserable unpleasant crew not a smile. Thought that was a virgin thing

Qantas are unable to service and unfit for purpose, they cannot transport Australians on time to overseas destinations. On top of the inflated ticketing, the Sydney flight to Santiago was impacted because the plane was delayed arriving and then further bungling by Qantas admitting the ground new ground crew in charge of cleaning were not trained. The impact on passengers with connecting flights was tremendous and long ques of frustrated passengers waiting for rescheduling. **Qantas has become the Australian Spirit of disappointment**

The staff we fantastic and seemed to work very well with each other

Business lounge in Melbourne mediocre. Look at Emirates or Qatar, Qantas! Great friendly crew. Food was good but Emirates is a level above. Business seat good. But can’t compare to Qatar. Main reason for booking Qantas is loyalty and terrific connection via Perth to LHR.

I was pleasantly surprised with my flight to LA with Qantas. Although seats were not the roomies, service was excellent.

The service and smooth landing. Food was delicious and the staff was friendly. We arrived earlier than scheduled.

Wonderful crew, good food. Absolutely loved the wine spritz and wish I could buy it!

Don’t like last minute airline change. Not able to choose seat earlier.

It was nice having space in the way back where it thinned out with passengers, most folks in the far back were able to lay down and sleep. That was a pleasant surprise. Made the 15 hr flight go by pretty smooth, watching a few movies and resting. I had previously never used an airplane toilet, but finally used one. It wasn't too bad. All workers were very helpful and friendly. Their hospitality was welcomed as well

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Recent return flight deals

 
These are the cheapest return flights to Nelson found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
3/5Fri
1 stopAir New Zealand
13h 40mSYD-NSN
16/5Thu
1 stopAir New Zealand
14h 05mNSN-SYD
$840
4/6Tue
1 stopAir New Zealand
18h 00mMEL-NSN
5/6Wed
1 stopAir New Zealand
14h 10mNSN-MEL
$894
31/5Fri
1 stopAir New Zealand
19h 15mBNE-NSN
4/6Tue
1 stopAir New Zealand
19h 05mNSN-BNE
$927
4/6Tue
1 stopAir New Zealand
8h 25mMEL-NSN
5/6Wed
2 stopsAir New Zealand
9h 55mNSN-MEL
$932
4/6Tue
1 stopAir New Zealand
8h 25mMEL-NSN
5/6Wed
2 stopsAir New Zealand
9h 55mNSN-MEL
$952
3/5Fri
1 stop
13h 40mSYD-NSN
16/5Thu
2 stops
23h 45mNSN-SYD
$964
4/6Tue
2 stopsAir New Zealand
9h 25mMEL-NSN
5/6Wed
2 stopsAir New Zealand
9h 55mNSN-MEL
$1,010
4/6Tue
2 stopsAir New Zealand
9h 25mMEL-NSN
5/6Wed
2 stopsAir New Zealand
9h 55mNSN-MEL
$1,029
3/5Fri
2 stopsQantas Airways
23h 50mSYD-NSN
16/5Thu
2 stopsQantas Airways
14h 00mNSN-SYD
$1,184

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to Nelson found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
17/6Mon
1 stop
14h 55mMEL-NSN
$319
17/6Mon
2 stops
18h 15mMEL-NSN
$375
25/5Sat
1 stop
25h 15mBNE-NSN
$376
4/7Thu
1 stopAir New Zealand
12h 00mSYD-NSN
$431
4/7Thu
1 stopAir New Zealand
12h 00mSYD-NSN
$433
25/5Sat
2 stopsAir New Zealand
12h 40mBNE-NSN
$439
25/5Sat
3 stops
35h 40mBNE-NSN
$500
4/7Thu
2 stopsAir New Zealand
8h 30mSYD-NSN
$511
4/7Thu
2 stopsAir New Zealand
8h 30mSYD-NSN
$513
17/6Mon
3 stopsAir New Zealand
20h 50mMEL-NSN
$849

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Recent domestic flight deals

23/5Thu
directAir New Zealand
0h 55mCHC-NSN
26/5Sun
directAir New Zealand
0h 55mNSN-CHC
$172
19/9Thu
directAir New Zealand
1h 30mAKL-NSN
4/10Fri
multi-stopAir New Zealand
7h 45mNSN-AKL
$189
19/9Thu
directAir New Zealand
0h 45mWLG-NSN
4/10Fri
directAir New Zealand
0h 40mNSN-WLG
$197
19/9Thu
directAir New Zealand
1h 30mAKL-NSN
4/10Fri
directAir New Zealand
1h 30mNSN-AKL
$206
22/5Wed
directOriginair
0h 40mWLG-NSN
24/5Fri
directOriginair
0h 40mNSN-WLG
$220
12/9Thu
directAir New Zealand
0h 55mCHC-NSN
16/9Mon
directAir New Zealand
0h 55mNSN-CHC
$223
12/9Thu
directAir New Zealand
0h 55mCHC-NSN
16/9Mon
multi-stopAir New Zealand
6h 00mNSN-CHC
$236
12/9Thu
multi-stopAir New Zealand
2h 15mCHC-NSN
16/9Mon
directAir New Zealand
0h 55mNSN-CHC
$252
12/9Thu
multi-stopAir New Zealand
2h 15mCHC-NSN
16/9Mon
multi-stopAir New Zealand
6h 00mNSN-CHC
$266
12/9Thu
multi-stopAir New Zealand
2h 15mCHC-NSN
16/9Mon
multi-stopAir New Zealand
3h 05mNSN-CHC
$296

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