NZ616Air New Zealand · ZQN → AKL
live · 30m ago
Route confirmed Air New Zealand

NZ616 QueenstownZQN · 12:10 AucklandAKL · 14:00

NZ616 by Air New Zealand flies from Queenstown (ZQN) to Auckland (AKL) for the Wed, Sep 9 departure.

Right nowOn Time · today · as of 19:07
12:10

departs ZQN · on schedule

⚖ NZ616 typically leaves +0 and lands −7. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-08
−10 arrival
09-07
+0 gate · −18 arrival
09-06
+0 gate · +7 arrival
09-05
+0 gate · −17 arrival
09-03
+10 gate · +10 arrival
09-01
+0 gate · −10 arrival
08-31
+0 gate · −14 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 −7 min · 0 cancelled · 10 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 →

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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T
W
T
F
S
S

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 09:20
NZ612departs 10:35
NZ620departs 13:05
NZ630departs 14:15

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 posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. 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 10 confirmed landings · 10/10 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
09-08ZQN 12:10AKL 14:00 13:50 (−10)
09-07ZQN 12:10 (+0)AKL 14:00 13:42 (−18)
09-06ZQN 12:10 (+0)AKL 14:00 14:07 (+7)
09-05ZQN 12:10 (+0)AKL 14:00 13:43 (−17)
09-03ZQN 12:10 12:20 (+10)AKL 14:00 14:10 (+10)
09-01ZQN 12:10 (+0)AKL 14:00 13:50 (−10)
08-31ZQN 12:10 (+0)AKL 14:00 13:46 (−14)
08-30ZQN 12:10 (+0)AKL 14:00 13:56 (−4)
08-29ZQN 12:10 (+0)AKL 14:00 13:53 (−7)
08-28ZQN 12:10 (+0)AKL 14:00 13:56 (−4)

Aircraft

Recent tails: ZK-OXF, ZK-OJR, ZK-OXJ, ZK-OXE.

Board clocks recorded as ZQN and AKL published them.

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