NZ626Air New Zealand · ZQN → AKL
live · 36m ago
Route confirmed Air New Zealand

NZ626 QueenstownZQN · 17:20 AucklandAKL · 19:10

NZ626 by Air New Zealand flies from Queenstown (ZQN) to Auckland (AKL) for the Sat, Oct 31 departure.

Right nowLanded in Auckland · today
18:55

arrived at AKL · 15 min early

⚖ NZ626 typically leaves +0 and lands −5. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−5 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~5 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
10-31
+0 gate · −15 arrival
10-30
+0 gate · −6 arrival
10-29
+0 gate · −4 arrival
10-28
+0 gate · −1 arrival
10-27
+15 gate · +10 arrival
10-26
CANCELLED
10-25
+0 gate · −3 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 −5 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
27%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.9%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 on this route

Forecast

Queenstown to Auckland with Air New Zealand · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.7%0.5× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
1.6%1.1× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 9 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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T
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T
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S
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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 NZ626 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 NZ626 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for NZ626 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 NZ626 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
10-31ZQN 17:20 (+0)AKL 19:10 18:55 (−15)
10-30ZQN 17:20 (+0)AKL 19:10 19:04 (−6)
10-29ZQN 17:20 (+0)AKL 19:10 19:06 (−4)
10-28ZQN 17:20 (+0)AKL 19:10 19:09 (−1)
10-27ZQN 17:20 17:35 (+15)AKL 19:10 19:20 (+10)
10-26CANCELLED
10-25ZQN 17:20 (+0)AKL 19:10 19:07 (−3)
10-24ZQN 17:20 17:28 (+8)AKL 19:10 18:59 (−11)
10-23ZQN 17:20 (+0)AKL 19:10 19:01 (−9)

Aircraft

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

Board clocks recorded as ZQN and AKL published them.

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