Flightplan2050 submission to the QLDC-commissioned Wānaka Airport Future Review led by Egis Group. We request a broader perspective that includes the effects of the Queenstown and proposed Tarras airports, rather than assessing Wānaka Airport in isolation.

We ask QLDC to exercise proper and explicit control over QAC’s objectives, as well as the nature and scope of its activities.

QLDC draft policy allows dilution of its 75% supermajority of Queenstown Airport Corp without any obligation to consult the community.

We argue for the inclusion of international aviation emissions into NZ’s 2050 targets so as to incentivize behaviour change.

Submission: We challenge Council has no mandate to build its new offices in Queenstown Bay when they’d be better located on Frankton Flats.

Submission: Has QLD Council signed away 10-years’ oversight or can it still mitigate the financial risks of Queenstown Airport’s $350 million expansion?

Submission: FlightPlan2050 submits on the Section 42A report in our mahi to protect Ladies Mile for future potential runway use during civil emergencies.

Submission: FlightPlan2050 again submits to protect Ladies Mile for future potential runway use during civil emergencies.

Submission: FlightPlan2050 asks QLDC to align its visitor demand projections with the Carbon Zero by 2030 goal of its Regenerative Tourism Plan.

Submission: The metric used to monitor Queenstown Lake’s tourism’s Carbon Zero by 2030 goal must have integrity, or the goal is a sham.

Submission: We confront the Queenstown Lakes tourism economy with the existential threat of climate change that’s caused by international flights.

We challenge QLDC to make good on its three-year old climate emergency declaration by assessing the emissions impact of the FlighPlan2050 proposal.

Despite council’s direct control over the district’s urban form and its majority ownership of the airport it has refused to consider these within its Climate Action Plan.

We ask QLDC to identify and protect roadways that could be used by Hercules aircraft during civil emergencies.

We challenge the Homes strategy to investigate the advantages of urban density at Frankton enabled by the relocation of Queenstown Airport to Tarras.

We ask the NZ infrastructure commission to lobby for a national governance framework to manage surface, air and sea transport as an integrated, efficient network.

We seek protection for the ability to use Ladies Mile as an emergency runway if Queenstown Airport was relocated to Tarras.

Our detailed analysis shows the high-density urbanisation of Frankton enabled by relocating Queenstown Airport maximises the spatial plan’s strategic goals.

We submit that CIAL’s proposed airport near Tarras together with urban development of Frankton is a great climate change strategy.

We provided a detailed analysis showing relocation of Queenstown Airport to Tarras that allows Frankton urbanization was the best scenario.

Our four submissions challenged the predetermination that Queenstown Airport should remain in Frankton. We offered a new vision.

We caution tourism’s reducing social licence from excessive Queenstown Airport growth as hub and signal the future need for a new Central Otago airport.

We challenge QAC to investigate a new regional airport instead of pursuing increased noise boundaries and a flawed dual airport strategy.