OPS · MINOR DELAYS CANCELLATIONS · 2.5% · ELEVATED

17%of flights across 4 New Zealand airports are running 15+ minutes late right now

Auckland is the most disrupted airport at 26% delayed across 1,160 flights. Departures are running at least 3 points later than arrivals at 1 of 4 airports. Auckland has the most cancellations today with 24.

2,450on the boards

427delayed 15+

62cancelled

4 airports · live boards · updated 2026-09-06 10:30:12.714 UTC

Live map

Share delayed at each hub

AKL 26% CHC 15% ZQN 14% WLG 1%

calm under 10%
minor 10 to 19%
building 20 to 29%
heavy 30% or more
dot size is flights on the boards

Airports now

Ranked by share of flights delayed

01 AKLAuckland1,160 flights24 cancelled 26%building ARR 11%DEP 40% 02 CHCChristchurch659 flights17 cancelled 15%minor ARR 14%DEP 16% 03 ZQNQueenstown204 flights6 cancelled 14%minor ARR 21%DEP 8% 04 WLGWellington427 flights15 cancelled 1%calm ARR 1%DEP 0%

Where the delay sits

Departures against arrivals

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AKL 11%40%

CHC 14%16%

ZQN 21%8%

WLG 1%0%

arrivals delayed
departures delayed

Departures carry the wider gap right now. Auckland is holding 40% of departures late while landing 11% late.

By service type

Domestic, Trans-Tasman and international

DOMESTIC 13%delayed 15+ min 1,785 flights · both airports in New Zealand

TRANS-TASMAN 29%delayed 15+ min 420 flights · between Australia and New Zealand

INTERNATIONAL 31%delayed 15+ min 243 flights · every other country pair

2 flights could not be placed.

Official benchmark

What a normal month looks like

New Zealand Ministry of Transport Domestic · May 2026

89.5%on-time departures

90.4%on-time arrivals

1.4%cancellations

Voluntary airline reporting. Coverage is not a complete overview of all New Zealand flights.

OFFICIAL SOURCE ↗

New Zealand Ministry of Transport Domestic jet · May 2026

87.1%on-time departures

88.0%on-time arrivals

0.8%cancellations

Domestic jet routes with more than one participating airline. Voluntary reporting does not cover every New Zealand flight.

OFFICIAL SOURCE ↗

New Zealand Ministry of Transport Trans-Tasman · May 2026

77.9%on-time departures

80.1%on-time arrivals

0.8%cancellations

Trans-Tasman routes with more than one participating airline. Voluntary reporting does not cover every service.

OFFICIAL SOURCE ↗

These figures cover a different reporting period from the live board above.

How services are classified

Domestic means both airports are in New Zealand. Trans-Tasman means one airport is in Australia and the other is in New Zealand. International covers every other country pair we can identify. Flights we cannot place stay outside these filters.

Live figures come from Pro Flight Search board observations across 4 New Zealand airports and refresh through the day.