Queenstown locals attended a public meeting last night to discuss a proposal to extend airport noise boundaries in residential areas.
The Otago Daily Times reports around 200 people attended the meeting.
The Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) has proposed expanding the boundary as part of a plan to double the number of flights to and from the town's airport.
The boundary's expansion would affect another 3000 homes, and locals living near the airport say the noise created by the flights are already impacting their quality of life.
The number of flights from the town could have to expand from 21,000 to 41,600 to cope with the estimated 2.5 million passengers travelling to and from the resort by 2045.
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