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Notable Aircraft at WHK Right Now

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

WHK Departures & Arrivals

Scheduled flights for today at Whakatane 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 WHK Right Now

2 aircraft tracked

Snapshot from 06:41 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

Unknown
1
Air New Zealand
1
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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

CESSNA 152 and DE HAVILLAND DHC-8-300 Dash 8 are tied at the top of the WHK pattern with 1 aircraft each. The mix is a fingerprint of the operation. Narrowbody-heavy points to domestic trunk service; widebodies signal long-haul arrivals and departures.

Snapshot from 06:41 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

1
C152
CESSNA 152
1
DH8C
DE HAVILLAND DHC-8-300 Dash 8

About Whakatane Airport

WHK's busiest nonstop destination is AKL, at 11 flights a week. 1 scheduled destinations overall, served by 1 airline.

Elevation
20ft
Routes
1
Airlines
1
Busiest Route
WHK → AKL
11x/week
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All Tracked Flights

Every aircraft currently inside the WHK 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
ZKTAE C152 2,000 92kt 12nm 1200
NZNZ 172L DH8C 16,375 224kt 22nm 5047

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