High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Invercargill Airport (IATA: IVC, ICAO: NZNV) is a controlled aerodrome located 1 NM west of the city centre of Invercargill at the south of the South Island of New Zealand. Formed on reclaimed land from the Waihopai/New River Estuary in 1938, the airport was prone to flooding, the worst being in 1984, leaving it unused for two months. At this time the city council proposed moving the airport back to Dawson Farm, Myross Bush, the original site up to 1942. Instead a large flood protection scheme was built, but during its construction the airport was flooded again in 1987, thanks to a combination of heavy rain and an unusually high tidal surge. Once completed, the airport has had no problems since.