Live flights over Rotorua Regional Airport (ROT)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 135 departures and 120 arrivals at Rotorua Regional Airport, 36 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Christchurch (CHC), Auckland (AKL) and Wellington (WLG). The airline seen most often is Air New Zealand.
Airport data
- IATA code
- ROT
- ICAO code
- NZRO
- City
- Rotorua
- Region
- Bay of Plenty Region
- Country
- New Zealand
- Elevation
- 285 m (935 ft)
- Coordinates
- -38.1092, 176.317
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Rotorua Regional 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 Rotorua.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 23 | 22 | 45 |
| Mon 2 | 41 | 26 | 67 |
| Tue 3 | 26 | 21 | 47 |
| Wed 4 | 9 | 16 | 25 |
| Thu 5 | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Fri 6 | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| Sat 7 | 11 | 11 | 22 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Christchurch CHC 31 flights
- Auckland AKL 23 flights
- Wellington WLG 20 flights
- Taupo TUO 8 flights
- Hamilton HLZ 4 flights
- Wanganui WAG 2 flights
- Blenheim BHE 1 flights
Airlines
- Air New ZealandANZ 81
- Blue Chip JetVOL 44
- Bromma Air MaintenanceCFL 13
- Bristow NorwayNOR 4
- Air ChathamsCVA 2
- LFTLFT 2
- MDKMDK 2
Aircraft
- ATR 72-600 AT76 59
- AT5T 45
- AS50 33
- DH8C 22
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 18
- C206 13
- EC45 13
- R44 9
- A169 4
- BE20 4
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 Rotorua Regional 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/-38.1092/lon/176.317/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Rotorua right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Rotorua Regional Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Rotorua: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of ROT, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Rotorua Regional Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Air New Zealand, Blue Chip Jet, Bromma Air Maintenance, Bristow Norway and Air Chathams.
What are the main connections from Rotorua Regional Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Christchurch (CHC, 31), Auckland (AKL, 23), Wellington (WLG, 20), Taupo (TUO, 8) and Hamilton (HLZ, 4). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Rotorua? +
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 Rotorua Regional Airport? +
Rotorua Regional Airport has IATA code ROT and ICAO code NZRO. It lies in Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand, at coordinates -38.1092, 176.317.
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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