Live flights over Auckland International Airport (AKL)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 391 departures and 400 arrivals at Auckland International Airport, 396 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Christchurch (CHC), Wellington (WLG) and Sydney (SYD). The airline seen most often is Air New Zealand.
Airport data
- IATA code
- AKL
- ICAO code
- NZAA
- City
- Auckland
- Region
- Auckland Region
- Country
- New Zealand
- Elevation
- 7 m (23 ft)
- Coordinates
- -37.01199, 174.78633
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Auckland 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 Auckland.
Seen by the network
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 229 | 227 | 456 |
| Sat 24 | 162 | 173 | 335 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Christchurch CHC 85 flights
- Wellington WLG 56 flights
- Sydney SYD Australia 39 flights
- Napier NPE 30 flights
- Palmerston North PMR 28 flights
- Melbourne MEL Australia 28 flights
- Brisbane BNE Australia 25 flights
- Nelson NSN 23 flights
- Tauranga TRG 21 flights
- New Plymouth NPL 16 flights
- Whangarei WRE 12 flights
- Dunedin DUD 11 flights
- Kerikeri KKE 11 flights
- Gisborne GIS 10 flights
- Wanganui WAG 9 flights
- Gold Coast OOL Australia 8 flights
25 more connections
- Perth PER 7
- Blenheim BHE 6
- Hong Kong HKG 6
- New York JFK 5
- Los Angeles LAX 5
- Taupo TUO 5
- Sepang KUL 5
- Adelaide ADL 5
- Houston IAH 4
- San Francisco SFO 4
- Narita NRT 4
- Vancouver YVR 3
- Queenstown ZQN 3
- Singapore SIN 3
- Hamilton HLZ 2
- Rotorua ROT 2
- Whakatāne WHK 2
- Dubai DXB 2
- Invercargill IVC 1
- Honolulu, Oahu HNL 1
- Taoyuan TPE 1
- Seoul ICN 1
- Buenos Aires EZE 1
- Maroochydore MCY 1
- Hobart HBA 1
Airlines
- Air New ZealandANZ 467
- Jetstar AirwaysJST 82
- QantasQFA 51
- Great Barrier AirlinesGBA 37
- Air ChathamsCVA 14
- Bristow NorwayNOR 11
- Fiji AirwaysFJI 8
- China Eastern AirlinesCES 6
- Cathay PacificCPA 6
- China Southern AirlinesCSN 6
Aircraft
- Airbus A320 A320 192
- ATR 72-600 AT76 94
- DH8C 86
- Airbus A321neo A21N 80
- Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner B789 68
- Boeing 777-300ER B77W 41
- Boeing 737-800 B738 38
- C208 37
- Airbus A320neo A20N 16
- Airbus A350-900 A359 16
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 Auckland 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/-37.01199/lon/174.78633/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Auckland right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Auckland International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Auckland: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of AKL, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Auckland International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Air New Zealand, Jetstar Airways, Qantas, Great Barrier Airlines and Air Chathams.
What are the main connections from Auckland International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Christchurch (CHC, 85), Wellington (WLG, 56), Sydney (SYD, 39), Napier (NPE, 30) and Palmerston North (PMR, 28). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Auckland? +
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 Auckland International Airport? +
Auckland International Airport has IATA code AKL and ICAO code NZAA. It lies in Auckland Region, New Zealand, at coordinates -37.01199, 174.78633.
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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Coverage quality depends on the density of receivers. With a Raspberry Pi and an RTL-SDR antenna you can help track flights over Auckland Region, New Zealand.