Mt Cook Ski Planes Mt Cook

Mt Cook Ski Planes offer the most spectacular alpine scenic flight in the world. Their aircraft take you from Aoraki Mt Cook Airport directly into the heart of the Southern Alps including Aoraki Mt Cook, New Zealand's highest peak at over 3750m and the Tasman Glacier, one of the longest glaciers in the world.
After an awe inspiring flight through breathtaking scenery your ski equipped aircraft lands on one of the glaciers in the Mt Cook or Westland National Park, the engine is stopped, and you alight onto the glacier where climbers would take hours or days to reach. With the engine shut down you are able to experience the "natural quiet" of the mountains, broken only by the occasional avalanche or sounds from the glacier as it makes its way down the mountain.
Upon re-embarking an even more spectacular takeoff from the snow covered glacier is followed by the return flight to base hugging the other side of the valley with your pilot identifying points of interest including climber huts, icefalls, peaks, and occasional ski tourers and climbers, before you land back at your point of departure.

SCENIC FLIGHTS
Mt Cook Ski Planes is the only company licensed to land in Aoraki Mt Cook National Park on the Tasman Glacier. The Tasman Glacier is the longest glacier in New Zealand and the closest scenic glacier landing site to Aoraki Mt Cook.

Glacier Highlights (SPA1)
Approximately 40 minutes duration and includes 10 minute glacier landing.
This flight offers fantastic close up views of Aoraki Mt Cook, Mt Tasman and the Southern Alps from Aoraki Mt Cook National Park.
Fly the length of the Tasman Glacier before landing on the glacial snow and ice for 10 minutes
Follow the yellow line on the flight route map.

Mini Tasman (SPA4)
Approximately 25 minutes duration and no landing.
This flight offers fantastic close up views of Aoraki Mt Cook, Mt Tasman and the Southern Alps from Aoraki Mt Cook National Park. This flight does not include a glacier landing.
Follow the yellow line on the flight route map.

Grand Circle (SPA2)
Approximately 55 minutes duration including 10 minute glacier landing.
This is the best flight to view the unbelievable scenery of the Westland and Aoraki Mt Cook National Parks. Excellent views of Aoraki Mt Cook, Mt Tasman, the Fox, Franz Josef and Tasman Glaciers. A landing on one of the three main glaciers is included to enjoy this scenery up close.
Follow the red line on the flight route map.

Alpine Wonderland (SPA3)
Approximately 45 minutes duration with no landing.
Follows the same flight path as the Grand Circle SPA 2. This flight does not include a glacier landing.
Follow the red line on the flight route map.