Live flights over New Plymouth Airport (NPL)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 104 departures and 121 arrivals at New Plymouth Airport, 32 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Auckland (AKL), Wellington (WLG) and Christchurch (CHC). The airline seen most often is Air New Zealand.
Airport data
- IATA code
- NPL
- ICAO code
- NZNP
- City
- New Plymouth
- Region
- Taranaki Region
- Country
- New Zealand
- Elevation
- 30 m (97 ft)
- Coordinates
- -39.0086, 174.179
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of New Plymouth 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 New Plymouth.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 15 | 19 | 34 |
| Mon 2 | 19 | 20 | 39 |
| Tue 3 | 18 | 25 | 43 |
| Wed 4 | 20 | 19 | 39 |
| Thu 5 | 16 | 20 | 36 |
| Fri 6 | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| Sat 7 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Auckland AKL 75 flights
- Wellington WLG 37 flights
- Christchurch CHC 23 flights
- Hamilton HLZ 12 flights
- Palmerston North PMR 7 flights
- Wanganui WAG 2 flights
Airlines
- Air New ZealandANZ 125
- Bromma Air MaintenanceCFL 18
- Skycharter (Malton)SKL 18
- CatexTEX 4
- LFTLFT 3
- Air ChathamsCVA 2
- FDCFDC 2
- MDKMDK 2
- Southeast AirSEA 1
Aircraft
- DH8C 64
- ATR 72-600 AT76 61
- BE20 25
- A139 24
- BK17 17
- AS50 6
- R200 4
- TEX2 4
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 3
- H2 3
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 New Plymouth 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/-39.0086/lon/174.179/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near New Plymouth right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over New Plymouth Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on New Plymouth: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of NPL, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from New Plymouth Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Air New Zealand, Bromma Air Maintenance, Skycharter (Malton), Catex and LFT.
What are the main connections from New Plymouth Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Auckland (AKL, 75), Wellington (WLG, 37), Christchurch (CHC, 23), Hamilton (HLZ, 12) and Palmerston North (PMR, 7). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around New Plymouth? +
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 New Plymouth Airport? +
New Plymouth Airport has IATA code NPL and ICAO code NZNP. It lies in Taranaki Region, New Zealand, at coordinates -39.0086, 174.179.
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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