NZ81Air New Zealand · AKL → HKG
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Route confirmed Air New Zealand

NZ81 AucklandAKL · 11:15 Hong KongHKG · 17:45

NZ81 by Air New Zealand flies from Auckland (AKL) to Hong Kong (HKG) for the Thu, Nov 5 departure.

Right nowEn route to Hong Kong · off blocks 11:32 · 17 min late
En route

en route from AKL to HKG

En routeNZ81 · position estimated
AKLAucklandHKGHong Kong
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 11:32. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

⚖ NZ81 typically leaves +11 and lands −2. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+11 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−2 minmedian over 14 operations
Wins back in air~13 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 14tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-05
+17 gate · −2 arrival
11-04
+25 gate · +3 arrival
11-03
+40 gate · +26 arrival
11-02
+11 gate · −4 arrival
11-01
+6 gate · −11 arrival
10-31
+2 gate · −16 arrival
10-30
−6 gate · +17 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 −2 min · 0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
AKLAucklandOn-time likelyAKL delay board →
HKGHong KongOn-time likelyHKG delay board →
AKL→HKGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
30%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.1%Chance of cancellation
+1 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at AKL and HKG 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 Auckland

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High23°Clikely 22°C to 24°C
Low17°Clikely 16°C to 18°C
  • 96% 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 Hong Kong

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High30°Clikely 29°C to 31°C
Low26°Clikely 24°C to 27°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.

How NZ81 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for NZ81 across the AKL and HKG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 12/14 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how NZ81 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
11-05AKL 11:15 11:32 (+17)HKG 17:45 17:43 (−2)
11-04AKL 10:10 10:35 (+25)HKG 16:20 16:23 (+3)
11-03AKL 10:10 10:50 (+40)HKG 16:20 16:46 (+26)
11-02AKL 10:10 10:21 (+11)HKG 16:20 16:16 (−4)
11-01AKL 10:10 10:16 (+6)HKG 16:20 16:09 (−11)
10-31AKL 10:10 10:12 (+2)HKG 16:20 16:04 (−16)
10-30AKL 10:10 10:04 (−6)HKG 16:20 16:37 (+17)
10-28AKL 10:10 10:21 (+11)HKG 16:20 (+0)
10-27AKL 10:10 10:17 (+7)HKG 16:20 16:24 (+4)
10-26AKL 10:10 10:55 (+45)HKG 16:20 16:29 (+9)
10-25AKL 10:10 10:15 (+5)HKG 16:20 16:08 (−12)
10-24AKL 11:15 11:25 (+10)HKG 17:45 17:26 (−19)
10-23AKL 11:15 11:36 (+21)HKG 17:45 17:35 (−10)
10-22AKL 11:15 11:32 (+17)HKG 17:45 17:43 (−2)

Aircraft

Recent tails: ZK-NZL, ZK-NZI, ZK-NZG, ZK-NZR.

Board clocks recorded as AKL and HKG published them.

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