Live flights over Palmerston North Airport (PMR)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 354 departures and 356 arrivals at Palmerston North Airport, 101 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Auckland (AKL), Christchurch (CHC) and Nelson (NSN). The airline seen most often is Massey University School of Aviation.
Airport data
- IATA code
- PMR
- ICAO code
- NZPM
- City
- Palmerston North
- Region
- Manawatu-Wanganui Region
- Country
- New Zealand
- Elevation
- 46 m (151 ft)
- Coordinates
- -40.3206, 175.617
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Palmerston North 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 Palmerston North.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 49 | 53 | 102 |
| Mon 2 | 60 | 56 | 116 |
| Tue 3 | 72 | 73 | 145 |
| Wed 4 | 73 | 73 | 146 |
| Thu 5 | 52 | 57 | 109 |
| Fri 6 | 27 | 25 | 52 |
| Sat 7 | 21 | 19 | 40 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Auckland AKL 120 flights
- Christchurch CHC 71 flights
- Nelson NSN 35 flights
- Wellington WLG 23 flights
- Blenheim BHE 18 flights
- Wanganui WAG 8 flights
- New Plymouth NPL 7 flights
- Napier NPE 4 flights
- Dunedin DUD 3 flights
- Hamilton HLZ 3 flights
- Invercargill IVC 1 flights
- Adelaide ADL Australia 1 flights
Airlines
- Massey University School of AviationMSY 279
- Air New ZealandANZ 218
- Origin Pacific AirwaysOGN 54
- Bromma Air MaintenanceCFL 25
- LFTLFT 18
- Skycharter (Malton)SKL 13
- Texel Air AustralasiaTNZ 10
- AirworkAWK 8
- Air ChathamsCVA 8
- Airways Corporation of New ZealandXFX 8
Aircraft
- DA40 241
- ATR 72-600 AT76 194
- DA42 38
- JS32 32
- BE20 31
- BK17 23
- JS31 22
- B06 15
- DH8C 14
- Airbus A321neo A21N 10
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 Palmerston North 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/-40.3206/lon/175.617/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Palmerston North right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Palmerston North Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Palmerston North: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of PMR, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Palmerston North Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Massey University School of Aviation, Air New Zealand, Origin Pacific Airways, Bromma Air Maintenance and LFT.
What are the main connections from Palmerston North Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Auckland (AKL, 120), Christchurch (CHC, 71), Nelson (NSN, 35), Wellington (WLG, 23) and Blenheim (BHE, 18). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Palmerston North? +
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 Palmerston North Airport? +
Palmerston North Airport has IATA code PMR and ICAO code NZPM. It lies in Manawatu-Wanganui Region, New Zealand, at coordinates -40.3206, 175.617.
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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