Holistic planning
About
FlightPlan2050 Incorporated is a not-for-profit community organisation registered under the Incorporated Societies Act 2022.
Our members live in Queenstown, Wānaka, Tarras, Cromwell, Alexandra, and the townships in between, as well as further afield, including Invercargill, Dunedin, Christchurch, and Auckland.
Certificate of Incorporation No: 50197494
NZBN: 9429051862442
Mission
Together, we are calling for a national-level framework to investigate and determine the Central Lakes’ future airport infrastructure to ensure that it best promotes the whole region’s future environmental, social, cultural, and economic wellbeing.
We think the airports’ debate offers a chance to fundamentally change the region’s urban and airport infrastructure to get better long-term outcomes for economic productivity, climate change, housing affordability, environment, and community well-being.
But the current airport planning is fragmented and siloed, with competing companies, councils, communities, and stakeholders.
With no-one applying a holistic regional approach, there is a real danger a significantly suboptimal outcome could prevail.
We are the only organisation seeking an integrated, regional-level airport strategy.
We ask you to join us in our call for a national-level assessment to determine the best airport infrastructure for the Central Lakes region.
Add your voice
We can’t do this alone. We need the support of as many people in the community as possible, plus those who visit, and those living elsewhere who care about the future of our area.
With everyone’s support, we will have a stronger voice.
We’re asking you to join FlightPlan2050 Incorporated. It’s easy and it’s free.
Our assumptions
FlightPlan2050 Incorporated has five underlying assumptions. These are:
- The region’s population will double, and likely double again, in the lifetime of our tamariki.
- Climate change is real, and our region must respond at scale to this challenge.
- There is no environmental or commercial logic for more than one international airport in the Central Lakes region.
- The region’s core value lies in its outstanding natural environment, which we must protect.
- The value of business and economic activity is their contribution to meaningful employment and incomes that sustain healthy communities.
Sadly, in the absence of any overarching planning framework, these interconnected issues are fractured into the separate silos of competing airports, disconnected councils, isolated communities, and single-issue stakeholders — a recipe for poor outcomes.