Australian and Chinese visitors were two of the driving factors behind increased passenger numbers at Queenstown Airport during September.
The airport's monthly passenger update shows total passengers rose 11.2% on September 2014 to 119,902, which was attributed to spring skiing, Australian and New Zealand school holidays and the Chinese Moon Festival holiday period.
Total international passengers grew 14.4% to 37,555, with numbers on all transtasman routes holding steady.
Meanwhile, increased capacity on all domestic routes, combined with increased passenger volumes, led to a 9.9% rise in domestic passengers to 82,347.
Total passengers for the 12 months ended September 2015 were up 12.7% to 1,439,750.
The airport also released its winter passenger numbers, which showed increases across the board.
Between June and September 323,875 domestic passengers moved through the airport, an increase of 9% on last winter.
During the same period international passengers increased by 15% to 190,522.
The biggest increase in international arrivals was during June, when numbers increased from 12,381 to 16,875 (36%), while the largest increase in domestic arrivals was in August, lifting 14% from 40,339 to 45,988.
