About The Site
Mount Cook Ski Plane is a comparison site for scenic flights over Aoraki / Mount Cook in New Zealand: ski plane glacier landings, helicopter snow and alpine landings, Tasman Glacier heli-hikes, and flights reaching Mount Cook from Lake Tekapo, Queenstown, Franz Josef and Fox Glacier.
What The Site Is
An independent reference for visitors deciding which flight to book. It runs no flights, sells no tickets and is owned by no operator. The voice is plain reporting: prices, durations, ratings and rules, stated tour by tour.
What It Covers
31 flights and tours across 6 categories:
- Ski Plane And Combo Flights: 4 tours
- Helicopter Alpine Landings: 5 tours
- Grand Circle And Glacier Highlights: 6 tours
- Tasman Glacier Heli-Hikes: 2 tours
- Fox And Franz Josef To Mount Cook: 9 tours
- Flights From Queenstown And Tekapo: 5 tours
Every tour is priced per person and states free cancellation. A three-question flight picker helps narrow the field, and comparison tables sit behind each section.
How Data Is Gathered
Tour details come from the booking pages of the flights themselves: durations, landing types, minutes on snow where stated, weight limits, inclusions and exclusions, ratings and review counts. Aoraki / Mount Cook stands 3,724 m high and the Tasman Glacier runs 23 km long, figures from the Department of Conservation. Where a field is unstated, the site prints nothing rather than guessing.
How It Earns Money
Affiliate commission. When a booking is made after clicking a link here, the booking platform pays the site a small amount, at no extra cost to the buyer. The disclosure page gives the detail.
What It Does Not Do
It takes no bookings, issues no refunds, confirms no departures and passes no messages to pilots. It offers no private charters. For anything about a specific booking, the contact is the booking platform or the operator named in the booking email.
How To Cite It
Cite the site as Mount Cook Ski Plane, with figures from the flights' booking pages. Contact is by email only: info@mountcookskiplane.com.