Live flights over Hamilton International Airport (HLZ)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 293 departures and 291 arrivals at Hamilton International Airport, 83 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Wellington (WLG), Christchurch (CHC) and Gisborne (GIS). The airline seen most often is Air New Zealand.
Airport data
- IATA code
- HLZ
- ICAO code
- NZHN
- City
- Hamilton
- Region
- Waikato Region
- Country
- New Zealand
- Elevation
- 52 m (172 ft)
- Coordinates
- -37.86696, 175.33195
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Hamilton 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 Hamilton.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 53 | 52 | 105 |
| Mon 2 | 44 | 42 | 86 |
| Tue 3 | 54 | 54 | 108 |
| Wed 4 | 50 | 46 | 96 |
| Thu 5 | 39 | 43 | 82 |
| Fri 6 | 26 | 24 | 50 |
| Sat 7 | 27 | 30 | 57 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Wellington WLG 59 flights
- Christchurch CHC 53 flights
- Gisborne GIS 26 flights
- New Plymouth NPL 12 flights
- Gold Coast OOL Australia 7 flights
- Tauranga TRG 5 flights
- Sydney SYD Australia 5 flights
- Auckland AKL 4 flights
- Taupo TUO 4 flights
- Rotorua ROT 4 flights
- Palmerston North PMR 3 flights
- Whakatāne WHK 2 flights
- Napier NPE 1 flights
Airlines
- Air New ZealandANZ 104
- Bromma Air MaintenanceCFL 52
- Jetstar AirwaysJST 23
- GISGIS 22
- LFTLFT 19
- Skycharter (Malton)SKL 10
- Bristow NorwayNOR 9
- Airways Corporation of New ZealandXFX 4
- MDKMDK 1
Aircraft
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 181
- ATR 72-600 AT76 92
- EC45 37
- Airbus A320 A320 33
- BE20 31
- AS50 26
- R44 17
- BE9L 16
- B06 15
- BK17 13
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 Hamilton 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/-37.86696/lon/175.33195/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Hamilton right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Hamilton International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Hamilton: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of HLZ, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Hamilton International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Air New Zealand, Bromma Air Maintenance, Jetstar Airways, GIS and LFT.
What are the main connections from Hamilton International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Wellington (WLG, 59), Christchurch (CHC, 53), Gisborne (GIS, 26), New Plymouth (NPL, 12) and Gold Coast (OOL, 7). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Hamilton? +
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 Hamilton International Airport? +
Hamilton International Airport has IATA code HLZ and ICAO code NZHN. It lies in Waikato Region, New Zealand, at coordinates -37.86696, 175.33195.
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.
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