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Wellington International Airport

-41.32720°N
174.80499°W
ARR / DAY
60
▼ 20.1%
DEP / DAY
59
▼ 17.1%
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 60 arrivals and 59 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 2 carriers across 20 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

1h ago
Temp
57°F
Wind
10 kts
30°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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NZWN 270830Z AUTO 03010KT 9999 BKN023/// 14/11 Q1025

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 9 783
AIR NEW Zealand 65% Sogdiana 15% Jetstar Airways Pty. 6% Qantas Airways 4% LFT 4% Madikwe Charter CC 2% ZKE 1% OGN 1% Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team 1%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 134
NSN 127
CHC 110
BHE 86
HLZ 34
NPE 29

Carriers

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AIR NEW Zealand
512
Sogdiana
119
Jetstar Airways Pty.
46
Qantas Airways
34
LFT
28
Madikwe Charter CC
14
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ZKE
11
OGN
10
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
9
AIR Pacific
6
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
5
Skycharter (Malton)
5
FDC
5
ZKF
2
ZKX
2
ZKV
2
ZKL
1

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 107 1h 0m
WLGCHC
Christchurch, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 95 0h 55m
WLGNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 66 0h 31m
WLGBHE
Blenheim, NZ
 Sogdiana 64 0h 24m
WLGNSN
Nelson, NZ
 Sogdiana 46 0h 36m
WLGHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 34 1h 6m
WLGNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 27 0h 51m
WLGTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 23 1h 17m
WLGBHE
Blenheim, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 20 0h 23m
WLGAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 20 0h 58m
WLGZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 16 1h 15m
WLGDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 16 1h 27m
WLGSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 14 3h 18m
WLGROT
Rotorua, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 14 1h 6m
WLGTIU
 AIR NEW Zealand 13 1h 18m
WLGWAG
Wanganui, NZ
 Madikwe Charter CC 13 0h 33m
WLGCHC
Christchurch, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 12 0h 45m
WLGNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 11 0h 51m
WLGMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 8 3h 35m
WLGPMR
 LFT 8 0h 37m
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