Live flights over Auckland International Airport (AKL)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 1,546 departures and 1,537 arrivals at Auckland International Airport, 440 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Christchurch (CHC), Wellington (WLG) and Sydney (SYD). The airline seen most often is Air New Zealand.
Airport data
- IATA code
- AKL
- ICAO code
- NZAA
- City
- Auckland
- Region
- Auckland Region
- Country
- New Zealand
- Elevation
- 7 m (23 ft)
- Coordinates
- -37.01199, 174.78633
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Auckland International Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Auckland.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 240 | 233 | 473 |
| Mon 2 | 224 | 234 | 458 |
| Tue 3 | 237 | 238 | 475 |
| Wed 4 | 218 | 212 | 430 |
| Thu 5 | 243 | 233 | 476 |
| Fri 6 | 214 | 216 | 430 |
| Sat 7 | 170 | 171 | 341 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Christchurch CHC 303 flights
- Wellington WLG 242 flights
- Sydney SYD Australia 161 flights
- Napier NPE 128 flights
- Melbourne MEL Australia 125 flights
- Palmerston North PMR 120 flights
- Nelson NSN 110 flights
- Tauranga TRG 104 flights
- Brisbane BNE Australia 90 flights
- New Plymouth NPL 75 flights
- Queenstown ZQN 68 flights
- Whangarei WRE 61 flights
- Dunedin DUD 45 flights
- Kerikeri KKE 43 flights
- Wanganui WAG 34 flights
- Blenheim BHE 33 flights
28 more connections
- Gisborne GIS 32
- Los Angeles LAX 29
- Gold Coast OOL 29
- Taupo TUO 26
- Adelaide ADL 25
- San Francisco SFO 23
- Rotorua ROT 23
- Singapore SIN 21
- Sepang KUL 18
- Perth PER 18
- Hong Kong HKG 14
- Narita NRT 12
- Vancouver YVR 11
- New York JFK 10
- Houston IAH 9
- Seoul ICN 8
- Whakatāne WHK 7
- Dubai DXB 7
- Invercargill IVC 6
- Hamilton HLZ 4
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 3
- Taoyuan TPE 3
- Hobart HBA 3
- Sydney WSI 3
- Honolulu, Oahu HNL 2
- Austin AUS 1
- Mabalacat CRK 1
- Geelong/Melbourne AVV 1
Airlines
- Air New ZealandANZ 1,827
- Jetstar AirwaysJST 283
- QantasQFA 207
- Great Barrier AirlinesGBA 106
- Air ChathamsCVA 56
- Singapore AirlinesSIA 39
- Police Aviation ServicesPLC 33
- Skycharter (Malton)SKL 29
- Tasman Cargo AirlinesTMN 29
- ASL Airlines AustraliaPHA 28
Aircraft
- Airbus A320 A320 728
- ATR 72-600 AT76 438
- DH8C 379
- Airbus A321neo A21N 251
- Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner B789 224
- Boeing 737-800 B738 222
- Boeing 777-300ER B77W 137
- C208 108
- Airbus A350-900 A359 74
- SF34 49
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Auckland International Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/-37.01199/lon/174.78633/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Auckland right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Auckland International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Auckland: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of AKL, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Auckland International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Air New Zealand, Jetstar Airways, Qantas, Great Barrier Airlines and Air Chathams.
What are the main connections from Auckland International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Christchurch (CHC, 303), Wellington (WLG, 242), Sydney (SYD, 161), Napier (NPE, 128) and Melbourne (MEL, 125). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Auckland? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Auckland International Airport? +
Auckland International Airport has IATA code AKL and ICAO code NZAA. It lies in Auckland Region, New Zealand, at coordinates -37.01199, 174.78633.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
Nearby airports
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Coverage quality depends on the density of receivers. With a Raspberry Pi and an RTL-SDR antenna you can help track flights over Auckland Region, New Zealand.