Cheapest€31.41
- Sounds Air SA356718:0336m18:39Wellington WLGNelson NSN
Door to door 3h 46mCO2 31.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Wellington to Nelson flight
Flights from Wellington to Nelson start at €31.41 and take 3h 45m at their fastest.
The Flights from Wellington to Nelson starts at €31.41 and takes 3h 45m door to door, run by 2 operators over 128 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 3h 45mDoor to door
- 35mMoving
- €31.41From
- 31.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 13, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€32.00
- Sounds Air SA560010:3235m11:07Wellington WLGNelson NSN
Door to door 3h 45mCO2 31.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
The flight gets you into Nelson. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Nelson
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When to book Wellington to Nelson
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €31.4190 days
- €31.4160 days
- €31.4145 days
- €31.4130 days
- €31.4121 days
- €31.4114 days
- €31.417 days
- €31.413 days
- €36.131 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €31.41.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 15 percent. The most expensive point is €36.13, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €31.41Sun
- €31.41Mon
- €31.41Tue
- €31.41Wed
- €31.41Thu
- €31.41Fri
- €31.41Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Wellington
Air
- WLG
Nelson
Air
- NSN
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 128 km against 125 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Wellington at 06:28 and the last at 18:15, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Wellington to Nelson
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Wellington to Nelson take?
The Flight from Wellington to Nelson takes 3h 45m door to door, of which 35m is spent moving. The route runs 128 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Wellington to Nelson cost?
The Flight from Wellington to Nelson starts at €31.41 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €33.48. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Wellington to Nelson?
2 operators run the Flight from Wellington to Nelson: Air New Zealand, Sounds Air. Between them they file around 8 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Wellington to Nelson use?
The Flight from Wellington to Nelson leaves from Wellington WLG and arrives at Nelson NSN. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Flight from Wellington to Nelson?
Fares for the Flight from Wellington to Nelson bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €31.41. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 15 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Wellington to Nelson produce?
The Flight from Wellington to Nelson produces about 31.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 128 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Wellington to Nelson on September 11, 2026: 128 km of route against 125 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €31.41, and 3h 45m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.