By yesterday, 60 flights had been delayed since Sunday night's snowfall, but Queenstown Airport Corporation chief executive Steve Sanderson said passengers remained calm throughout.
"Visitors have been really good - I think they understand it is a winter playground."
Cancellations of flights from Christchurch International Airport over the past two days affected more than 1500 people, with those travelling to Queenstown hit hardest.
Yesterday, at least 30 Air New Zealand trips from Christchurch were cancelled, including four to Queenstown.
The first flight left for the resort about 3pm.
A spokeswoman for Air New Zealand said the majority of customers on yesterday's cancelled flights had been rebooked on services later in the day, meaning there would be a strong demand for flights into Queenstown for the next few days.
Jetstar did not supply information on how many passengers and flights had not made it to Queenstown.
The extra days in Queenstown for Auckland University of Technology student Sophie Lowery (23) had been a "blessing in disguise", but an expensive one, she said.
Miss Lowery's Jetstar flight home to Auckland was cancelled on Monday morning and she has since been stranded in Queenstown trying to get back home.
She and passengers from 60 planes had to kill time in the resort until flights resumed.
She was spending another night in the resort last night, as her rebooked flight leaves the resort this morning.
