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Wellington International Airport

-41.32720°N
174.80499°W
ARR / DAY
63
▼ 7.7%
DEP / DAY
62
▼ 5.9%
ON-TIME
0.8% Bottom 25%
arr · avg 104 minest
AVG DELAY
104 min
7d window

Wellington International Airport (NZWN/WLG) is a large international airport located in Wellington, New Zealand. It features 1 runway measuring 6,352 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 63 arrivals and 62 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 3 carriers across 19 routes. The most active carrier is AIR NEW Zealand (ANZ). The busiest route is to Auckland International Airport (NZAA). On-time performance averages 1% with an average delay of 104 minutes against scheduled times. At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 257 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 3 total

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Go-arounds
1
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
2
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Return to field
1

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

35m ago
Temp
55°F
Wind
17 kts
10°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
NZWN 290430Z AUTO 01017KT 9999 NCD 13/07 Q1007

Runways

1 installed

6,352 FT MAX
16/34
6,352 ft × 148
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Delays by hour

Avg minutes · local time · last 30 days

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Top carriers

Share of flights

16 total
TOP 9 829
AIR NEW Zealand 67% Sogdiana 13% Jetstar Airways Pty. 7% LFT 5% Qantas Airways 4% Madikwe Charter CC 2% Skycharter (Malton) 1% OGN 1% AIR Transport (Chatham Islands) 1%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 140
CHC 124
NSN 119
BHE 83
NPE 42
HLZ 40

Carriers

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AIR NEW Zealand
557
Sogdiana
104
Jetstar Airways Pty.
54
LFT
39
Qantas Airways
32
Madikwe Charter CC
15
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Skycharter (Malton)
12
OGN
10
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
6
AIR Pacific
6
FDC
5
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
5
ZKX
4
ZKE
3
ZKF
2
ZKV
2

Destination network

Great-circle routes from NZWN · last 7d

21 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 12 PM · 1 movement every 257 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
WLGAKL
Auckland, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 113 1h 0m
WLGCHC
Christchurch, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 104 0h 55m
WLGNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 67 0h 33m
WLGBHE
Blenheim, NZ
 Sogdiana 61 0h 25m
WLGHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 40 1h 5m
WLGNSN
Nelson, NZ
 Sogdiana 38 0h 36m
WLGNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 35 0h 50m
WLGTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 30 1h 16m
WLGAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 21 0h 59m
WLGBHE
Blenheim, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 20 0h 25m
WLGNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 18 0h 53m
WLGDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 17 1h 25m
WLGCHC
Christchurch, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 17 0h 44m
WLGSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 15 3h 15m
WLGTIU
 AIR NEW Zealand 15 1h 17m
WLGZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 14 1h 15m
WLGWAG
Wanganui, NZ
 Madikwe Charter CC 13 0h 34m
WLGROT
Rotorua, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 13 1h 6m
WLGPMR
 LFT 12 0h 37m
WLGMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 8 3h 41m
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