Wellington Airport isn’t losing its quirky side. An enormous sculpture of The Hobbit’s gold-hoarding dragon, Smaug, will remain overlooking the check-in counters.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — For more than a decade, passengers at New Zealand's Wellington Airport have boarded flights below the figures of two giant ... production. A sculpture of an eagle ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — For more than a decade, passengers at New Zealand ‘s Wellington Airport have boarded flights below the figures of two giant, hovering eagles from the Hobbit films ...

For more than a decade, passengers at New Zealand’s Wellington Airport have boarded flights below the figures of two giant ... An enormous sculpture of The Hobbit’s gold-hoarding dragon ...

For more than a decade, passengers at New Zealand’s Wellington Airport have boarded flights below the figures of two giant, hovering eagles from the Hobbit films, one bearing a bellowing wizard ...

A sculpture of an eagle from the Hobbit films ... s Wellington Airport have boarded flights below the figures of two giant, hovering eagles from the Hobbit films, one bearing a bellowing wizard ...