Live flights over Wellington International Airport (WLG)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 201 departures and 201 arrivals at Wellington International Airport, 201 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Auckland (AKL), Christchurch (CHC) and Nelson (NSN). The airline seen most often is Air New Zealand.
Airport data
- IATA code
- WLG
- ICAO code
- NZWN
- City
- Wellington
- Region
- Wellington Region
- Country
- New Zealand
- Elevation
- 12 m (41 ft)
- Coordinates
- -41.32684, 174.80686
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Wellington 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 Wellington.
Seen by the network
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 117 | 117 | 234 |
| Sat 24 | 84 | 84 | 168 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Auckland AKL 56 flights
- Christchurch CHC 53 flights
- Nelson NSN 38 flights
- Blenheim BHE 26 flights
- Hamilton HLZ 13 flights
- Napier NPE 12 flights
- Sydney SYD Australia 10 flights
- New Plymouth NPL 9 flights
- Dunedin DUD 8 flights
- Gisborne GIS 7 flights
- Palmerston North PMR 7 flights
- Tauranga TRG 7 flights
- Melbourne MEL Australia 6 flights
- Wanganui WAG 5 flights
- Brisbane BNE Australia 5 flights
- Rotorua ROT 3 flights
3 more connections
- Timaru Airport TIU 3
- Queenstown ZQN 2
- Gold Coast OOL 1
Airlines
- Air New ZealandANZ 230
- Sounds AirSDA 44
- Jetstar AirwaysJST 24
- QantasQFA 15
- Bromma Air MaintenanceCFL 14
- LFTLFT 14
- GBYGBY 4
- MDKMDK 4
- Origin Pacific AirwaysOGN 4
- QantasLinkQLK 4
Aircraft
- Airbus A320 A320 92
- ATR 72-600 AT76 69
- DH8C 69
- C208 44
- BE20 25
- Airbus A320neo A20N 18
- PA38 17
- Boeing 737-800 B738 15
- H500 8
- BK17 7
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 Wellington 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/-41.32684/lon/174.80686/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Wellington right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Wellington International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Wellington: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of WLG, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Wellington International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Air New Zealand, Sounds Air, Jetstar Airways, Qantas and Bromma Air Maintenance.
What are the main connections from Wellington International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Auckland (AKL, 56), Christchurch (CHC, 53), Nelson (NSN, 38), Blenheim (BHE, 26) and Hamilton (HLZ, 13). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Wellington? +
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 Wellington International Airport? +
Wellington International Airport has IATA code WLG and ICAO code NZWN. It lies in Wellington Region, New Zealand, at coordinates -41.32684, 174.80686.
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 Wellington Region, New Zealand.