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Wellington International Airport

-41.32720°N
174.80499°W
ARR / DAY
62
▼ 21.5%
DEP / DAY
61
▼ 18.4%
ON-TIME
1% Bottom 25%
arr · avg 103 minest
AVG DELAY
103 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 62 arrivals and 61 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 2 carriers across 18 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 103 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 · 2 total

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
59°F
Wind
17 kts
340°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
NZWN 260730Z AUTO 34017G33KT 9999 NCD 15/12 Q1018

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

17 total
TOP 9 805
AIR NEW Zealand 65% Sogdiana 16% Qantas Airways 5% Jetstar Airways Pty. 5% LFT 3% Madikwe Charter CC 2% ZKE 2% OGN 1% Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team 1%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 141
NSN 130
CHC 116
BHE 90
HLZ 39
NPE 27

Carriers

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AIR NEW Zealand
527
Sogdiana
129
Qantas Airways
40
Jetstar Airways Pty.
38
LFT
25
Madikwe Charter CC
14
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ZKE
13
OGN
10
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
9
Skycharter (Malton)
7
AIR Pacific
6
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
5
FDC
5
ZKL
2
ZKF
2
ZKX
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 8 AM · 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 114 1h 0m
WLGCHC
Christchurch, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 103 0h 55m
WLGBHE
Blenheim, NZ
 Sogdiana 67 0h 23m
WLGNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 64 0h 31m
WLGNSN
Nelson, NZ
 Sogdiana 52 0h 36m
WLGHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 39 1h 5m
WLGNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 25 0h 50m
WLGTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 24 1h 16m
WLGBHE
Blenheim, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 22 0h 23m
WLGAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 19 0h 58m
WLGSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 18 3h 16m
WLGDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 16 1h 26m
WLGZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 15 1h 14m
WLGROT
Rotorua, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 14 1h 6m
WLGWAG
Wanganui, NZ
 Madikwe Charter CC 12 0h 32m
WLGNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 11 0h 51m
WLGTIU
 AIR NEW Zealand 10 1h 20m
WLGCHC
Christchurch, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 10 0h 45m
WLGMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 9 3h 37m
WLGBNE
Brisbane, AU
 AIR NEW Zealand 8 3h 43m
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