Nelson Airport (NSN) to the city

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A stop called Nelson Airport Terminal sits by the building. Route 4 runs to The Brook through the city centre, 07:16 to 19:20.

The stop is Nelson Airport Terminal, about 470 metres from the runway reference point.
Route 4, The Brook to Airport, is the service: about 214 scheduled calls, 07:16 to 19:20.
The Brook is the valley suburb on the far side of the city, so route 4 runs right through the centre.
Route 2, Richmond to Nelson via Rocks Road, passes nearby, 06:22 to 19:29.
Rocks Road is the coastal road along Tasman Bay, and route 2 links Nelson with Richmond.
Bolt Road carries stops about a kilometre away, at Millers Landscaping and opposite Fulton Hogan.
The network is branded eBus and is run for the Nelson City Council.
The airport is about 6 km south-west of central Nelson, at Annesbrook.

Nelson Airport Terminal is the stop in the eBus published data, about 470 metres from the runway reference point.
Route 4 runs The Brook to Airport, about 214 scheduled calls, 07:16 to 19:20.
It crosses the whole city: the airport at Annesbrook in the south-west, through the centre, out to The Brook valley in the south-east.

Route 2, Richmond to Nelson via Rocks Road, 06:22 to 19:29, about 121 scheduled calls.
Richmond is the town at the head of the bay, about 13 km from Nelson, and route 2 is the link between them.
Its nearest stops to the airport are on Nayland Road, about 1.3 km away.

Bolt Road stops sit about a kilometre out, at Millers Landscaping and opposite Fulton Hogan. Those serve the industrial edge.
The airport terminal was rebuilt in 2019, with a distinctive timber roof.

Nelson is the base for Abel Tasman National Park, and for the Marlborough wine country to the east.
The airport handles domestic flights, principally to Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
Nothing runs after about half past seven in the evening on either route, so late arrivals need a taxi.

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Getting from Nelson Airport to the city