NZ616Air New Zealand · ZQN → AKL
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Route confirmed Air New Zealand

NZ616 QueenstownZQN · 12:15 AucklandAKL · 14:05

NZ616 by Air New Zealand flies from Queenstown (ZQN) to Auckland (AKL) for the Tue, Nov 3 departure.

Right nowOn Time · today
12:15

departs ZQN · on schedule

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−9 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~9 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-03
+1 arrival
11-02
+0 gate · −4 arrival
11-01
+0 gate · −14 arrival
10-31
+0 gate · −8 arrival
10-30
+0 gate · −18 arrival
10-29
+0 gate · −17 arrival
10-28
+0 gate · −11 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 · 1 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ZQNQueenstownOn-time likelyZQN delay board →
AKLAucklandOn-time likelyAKL delay board →
ZQN→AKLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
26%Chance of 15+ min delay
6.6%Chance of cancellation
+2 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at ZQN and AKL are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. 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 Queenstown

Forecast

Wed 4 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 17°C to 24°C
Low12°Clikely 9°C to 16°C
  • 82% 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 Auckland

Forecast

Wed 4 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 20°C to 23°C
Low15°Clikely 13°C to 18°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 Queenstown to Auckland flights today

same route · Air New Zealand
NZ9998departs 01:32
NZ638departs 07:00
NZ614departs 09:10
NZ1212departs 10:35
NZ612departs 10:35
NZ624departs 11:15

If NZ616 is cancelled, these are the other Air New Zealand nonstop flights from Queenstown to Auckland on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ZQN 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 NZ616 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for NZ616 across the ZQN and AKL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 9/9 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how NZ616 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
11-03ZQN 12:15AKL 14:05 14:06 (+1)
11-02ZQN 12:15 (+0)AKL 14:05 14:01 (−4)
11-01ZQN 12:15 (+0)AKL 14:05 13:51 (−14)
10-31ZQN 12:15 (+0)AKL 14:05 13:57 (−8)
10-30ZQN 12:15 (+0)AKL 14:05 13:47 (−18)
10-29ZQN 12:15 (+0)AKL 14:05 13:48 (−17)
10-28ZQN 12:15 (+0)AKL 14:05 13:54 (−11)
10-27ZQN 12:15 (+0)AKL 14:05 14:06 (+1)
10-26CANCELLED

Aircraft

Recent tails: ZK-OXI, ZK-OJQ, ZK-OXM, ZK-OXC.

Board clocks recorded as ZQN and AKL published them.

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