AKL → IAHAuckland to Houston

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Direct flights from Auckland (AKL) to Houston (IAH): 5 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 41 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 4 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 11,943 km, an estimated 15 hours 49 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Auckland and Houston. Updated 11 September 2026 at 13:54 UTC.

AKL Auckland busy · +17
IAH Houston smooth · +0
11,943 km · ~15h 49m est.
departs 19:505x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 5x weekly · nonstop
77 / 100

route health from live AKL and IAH delay boards

Median arrival delay is +41 min. 0 of 4 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival+41 minacross the last 4 operated legs
Flight time~15h 49mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures5x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Air New Zealand

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
Air New ZealandNZ

Flights NZ28 19:50 Mo We Th Fr Sa

History

operated legs · board outcomes
09-11NZ28dep +61 → arr+18
09-10NZ28dep +77 → arr+46
09-09NZ28dep +23 → arr−14
09-07NZ28dep +61 → arr+41

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
AKLAuckland +17 min busy 🌫 mostly cloudy · WSW 19 kt Full AKL delay board →
IAHHouston +0 min smooth 🌤 scattered clouds · SSE 5 kt Full IAH delay board →

Weather lens

Current conditions put the pressure at AKL: 36% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +4 min expected when it bites, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Auckland to Houston route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop AKL to IAH flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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How we measure this →

AKL to IAH questions

Is AKL–IAH running on time right now?

Mostly on schedule. The departure side at AKL is the weaker end, route health score 77/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from AKL to IAH?

Great-circle distance is 11,943 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 873–1054 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does AKL–IAH fly?

Air New Zealand runs the route with about 5 flights a week (mon, wed, thu, fri, sat). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.

What does the route health score measure?

A blend of departure-side delay at AKL and arrival-side delay at IAH, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.