Live flights over Whangarei Airport (WRE)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 90 departures and 72 arrivals at Whangarei Airport, 23 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Auckland (AKL), Kerikeri (KKE) and Christchurch (CHC). The airline seen most often is Air New Zealand.
Airport data
- IATA code
- WRE
- ICAO code
- NZWR
- City
- Whangarei
- Region
- Northland Region
- Country
- New Zealand
- Elevation
- 41 m (133 ft)
- Coordinates
- -35.76925, 174.36371
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Whangarei 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 Whangarei.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 13 | 8 | 21 |
| Mon 2 | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| Tue 3 | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| Wed 4 | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| Thu 5 | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| Fri 6 | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| Sat 7 | 16 | 9 | 25 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Auckland AKL 61 flights
- Kerikeri KKE 2 flights
- Christchurch CHC 1 flights
Airlines
- Air New ZealandANZ 47
- Bristow NorwayNOR 36
- Skycharter (Malton)SKL 29
Aircraft
- DH8C 47
- A169 16
- BE20 16
- C150 15
- S76 13
- BE9L 11
- ECHO 11
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 3
- EC30 3
- RV8 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 Whangarei 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/-35.76925/lon/174.36371/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Whangarei right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Whangarei Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Whangarei: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of WRE, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Whangarei Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Air New Zealand, Bristow Norway and Skycharter (Malton).
What are the main connections from Whangarei Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Auckland (AKL, 61), Kerikeri (KKE, 2) and Christchurch (CHC, 1). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Whangarei? +
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 Whangarei Airport? +
Whangarei Airport has IATA code WRE and ICAO code NZWR. It lies in Northland Region, New Zealand, at coordinates -35.76925, 174.36371.
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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