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Notable Aircraft at AKL Right Now

Widebodies, super-heavies, military traffic, and emergency squawks in the AKL pattern right now. If there's anything worth noticing, it surfaces here first.

AKL Departures & Arrivals

Scheduled flights for today at Auckland International Airport with gate, terminal, and current status. Separate from the live radar above, which shows every aircraft in the sky whether or not it's on a public schedule.

Status Airline Flight Destination Sched Updated Gate
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Top Airlines at AKL Right Now

1 aircraft tracked

Snapshot from 07:56 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

Air New Zealand
1
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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

AIRBUS A-320neo is the most common aircraft at AKL right now, with 1 tracked. Narrowbody or widebody tells you whether this is a domestic hub or a long-haul gateway.

Snapshot from 07:56 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

1
A20N
AIRBUS A-320neo

About Auckland International Airport

AKL's busiest nonstop destination is CHC, at 545 flights a week. 281 scheduled destinations overall, served by 55 airlines. Based in Auckland.

Elevation
23ft
Routes
281
Airlines
55
Busiest Route
AKL → CHC
545x/week
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All Tracked Flights

Every aircraft currently inside the AKL radar. Sort by any column. Click a row to open its tracker page with route arc, altitude profile, and live telemetry.

Callsign Route Type Dir Alt Speed Dist Squawk
NZNZ 618 A20N 2,675 241kt 8nm 5025

Frequently Asked Questions

Aircraft positions refresh every few minutes. ADS-B is GPS-accurate, so what you see is within about 30 meters of the aircraft's position at broadcast time.

Altitude. Red on the ground, through green, teal, and blue for mid-altitudes, into violet above 40,000 feet. At a glance you can tell who just took off, who is climbing through the pattern, and who is cruising overhead.

They are inside the AKL radar radius but not landing or departing here. Passing through en route to another airport. We flag them so the numbers for AKL traffic actually reflect AKL traffic.

Click any aircraft on the map. You get its track line across the region and an altitude profile showing the climb, cruise, and descent.

A pulsing red circle indicates an emergency squawk: 7500 (hijack), 7600 (comm failure), or 7700 (general emergency). These are legally-required codes pilots set when something is wrong.

The radar shows live aircraft positions. Gate, terminal, and schedule status sit in the Board section above this one.

GPS-accurate via ADS-B, typically within 30 meters horizontally. Positions refresh every few minutes. When a signal drops (mountain terrain, certain oceanic corridors), the marker holds the last-known position instead of disappearing.