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Notable Aircraft at PMR Right Now

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

PMR Departures & Arrivals

Scheduled flights for today at Palmerston North 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.

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Top Airlines at PMR Right Now

11 aircraft tracked

Unknown
9
Air New Zealand
2
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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

DIAMOND DA-40 Club Star leads the PMR pattern with 5 aircraft right now, followed by ATR-72-600 at 2. The mix is a fingerprint of the operation. Narrowbody-heavy points to domestic trunk service; widebodies signal long-haul arrivals and departures.

5
DA40
DIAMOND DA-40 Club Star
2
AT76
ATR-72-600
1
JAB2
JABIRU J160/170
1
CRES
PACIFIC AEROSPACE Cresco
1
BE20
BEECH 200 Super King Air
1
C150
CESSNA 150

About Palmerston North Airport

PMR's busiest nonstop destination is AKL, at 77 flights a week. 6 scheduled destinations overall, served by 3 airlines. Based in Palmerston North.

Elevation
151ft
Routes
6
Airlines
3
Busiest Route
PMR → AKL
77x/week
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All Tracked Flights

Every aircraft currently inside the PMR 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
MDK01 BE20 -300 127kt 1nm 5715
MSY642 DA40 -300 69kt 1nm 4522
MSY622 DA40 600 116kt 2nm 4533
MSY626 DA40 500 95kt 4nm 4524
MSY645 DA40 550 110kt 4nm 4531
MSY634 DA40 1,000 102kt 11nm 4523
NZNZ 819M AT76 17,975 270kt 14nm 5655
ZKDPL C150 2,125 79kt 16nm 1200
ZKCLX JAB2 1,475 97kt 18nm 1200
NZNZ 774M AT76 18,975 257kt 18nm 5632
ZKLTQ CRES 975 30kt 23nm 1200

Frequently Asked Questions

Aircraft positions refresh every 5 seconds. ADS-B is GPS-accurate, so what you see is within about 30 meters of the aircraft's real position.

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 PMR radar radius but not landing or departing here. Passing through en route to another airport. We flag them so the numbers for PMR traffic actually reflect PMR 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. Aircraft refresh every 5 to 10 seconds. When a signal drops (mountain terrain, certain oceanic corridors), the marker holds the last-known position instead of disappearing.