More than 525,000cu m of fill has now been placed to build the 800,000cu m platform, which will rise 45m from the bank of the Shotover River and up to the level of the existing runway.
The 90m-long and -wide Resa will sit on the terraced and landscaped fill and will be used only by undershooting or overshooting aircraft.
The formation of the bench for the proposed eastern access road can be seen around the Resa. The road will link Remarkables Park Town Centre with Glenda Dr, Shotover Park and Frankton-Ladies Mile Highway.
Queenstown Airport Corporation chief executive Steve Sanderson said contractors were placing about 22,000cu m on the platform a week.
"It does slow down as we get near the top, where we have to switch to night operations, but we are still on schedule to complete it at the end of May, or early June, which is four months ahead of our deadline, which is October 2011."
