NZ6Air New Zealand · AKL → LAX
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Route confirmed Air New Zealand

NZ6 AucklandAKL · 20:20 Los AngelesLAX · 11:25

NZ6 by Air New Zealand flies from Auckland (AKL) to Los Angeles (LAX) for the Sun, Nov 15 departure.

Right nowEn route to Los Angeles · off blocks 20:32 · 12 min late
En route

en route from AKL to LAX

En routeNZ6 · position estimated
AKLAucklandLAXLos Angeles
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 20:32. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

⚖ NZ6 typically leaves +18 and lands −9. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+18 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−9 minmedian over 14 operations
Wins back in air~27 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 15tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-16
+12 gate · −3 arrival
11-15
+12 gate
11-14
+13 gate · −20 arrival
11-13
+49 gate · +36 arrival
11-12
+56 gate · +5 arrival
11-11
+18 gate · −20 arrival
11-10
+53 gate · +40 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −9 min · 0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
AKLAucklandOn-time likelyAKL delay board →
LAXLos AngelesOn-time likelyLAX delay board →
AKL→LAXevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.5%Chance of cancellation
+7 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by LAX (Los Angeles), currently flying VFR (visual). These figures come from both airports' records under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

Tomorrow at Auckland

Forecast

Tue 17 Nov, local date

High22°Clikely 21°C to 24°C
Low16°Clikely 14°C to 18°C
  • 80% chance of rain

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Los Angeles

Forecast

Mon 16 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 20°C to 22°C
Low15°Clikely 14°C to 17°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Auckland to Los Angeles flights today

same route · Air New Zealand
NZ4departs 19:00

If NZ6 is cancelled, this is the other Air New Zealand nonstop flight from Auckland to Los Angeles on the same day, with scheduled departure times in AKL local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How NZ6 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for NZ6 across the AKL and LAX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 10/13 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how NZ6 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
11-16AKL 20:20 20:32 (+12)LAX 11:25 11:22 (−3)
11-15AKL 20:20 20:32 (+12)LAX
11-14AKL 20:20 20:33 (+13)LAX 11:25 11:05 (−20)
11-13AKL 20:20 21:09 (+49)LAX 11:25 12:01 (+36)
11-12AKL 20:20 21:16 (+56)LAX 11:25 11:30 (+5)
11-11AKL 20:20 20:38 (+18)LAX 11:25 11:05 (−20)
11-10AKL 20:20 21:13 (+53)LAX 11:25 12:05 (+40)
11-09AKL 20:20 20:44 (+24)LAX 11:25 11:22 (−3)
11-08AKL 20:20 20:41 (+21)LAX 11:25 (+0)
11-07AKL 20:20 22:03 (+103)LAX 11:25 12:34 (+69)
11-06AKL 20:20 20:33 (+13)LAX 11:25 11:05 (−20)
11-05AKL 20:20 20:50 (+30)LAX 11:25 11:10 (−15)
11-04AKL 20:20 20:33 (+13)LAX 11:25 10:39 (−46)
11-03AKL 20:20 20:29 (+9)LAX 11:25 10:56 (−29)
11-02AKL 20:20 20:34 (+14)LAX 11:25 11:04 (−21)

Aircraft

Recent tails: ZK-OKO, ZK-OKN, ZK-OKR, ZK-OKM.

Board clocks recorded as AKL and LAX published them.

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