NZ121Air New Zealand · AKL → MEL
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Route confirmed Air New Zealand

NZ121 AucklandAKL · 08:55 MelbourneMEL · 10:55

NZ121 by Air New Zealand flies from Auckland (AKL) to Melbourne (MEL) for the Sat, Oct 31 departure.

Right nowLanded in Melbourne · today
10:54

arrived at MEL · 1 min early

⚖ NZ121 typically leaves +26 and lands −7. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+26 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−7 minmedian over 11 operations
Wins back in air~33 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 12tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
+31 gate · −1 arrival
10-30
+25 gate · −2 arrival
10-29
+31 gate · +3 arrival
10-28
+27 gate · −14 arrival
10-27
+30 gate · +1 arrival
10-26
+14 gate · −12 arrival
10-25
+14 gate · −16 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 −7 min · 0 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
AKLAucklandOn-time likelyAKL delay board →
MELMelbourneOn-time likelyMEL delay board →
AKL→MELevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.5%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at AKL and MEL 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 on this route

Forecast

Auckland to Melbourne with Air New Zealand · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.3%1.3× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.5%1.0× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 4 departures a day on this route with this airline. · 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.

Other Auckland to Melbourne flights today

same route · Air New Zealand
NZ165departs 06:00
NZ123departs 06:45
NZ127departs 11:45
NZ125departs 15:30
NZ129departs 19:20

If NZ121 is cancelled, these are the other Air New Zealand nonstop flights from Auckland to Melbourne on the same day, with scheduled departure times in AKL local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How NZ121 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for NZ121 across the AKL and MEL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 11 confirmed landings · 9/11 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how NZ121 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
10-31AKL 08:55 09:26 (+31)MEL 10:55 10:54 (−1)
10-30AKL 08:55 09:20 (+25)MEL 10:55 10:53 (−2)
10-29AKL 08:55 09:26 (+31)MEL 10:55 10:58 (+3)
10-28AKL 08:55 09:22 (+27)MEL 10:55 10:41 (−14)
10-27AKL 08:55 09:25 (+30)MEL 10:55 10:56 (+1)
10-26AKL 08:55 09:09 (+14)MEL 10:55 10:43 (−12)
10-25AKL 08:55 09:09 (+14)MEL 10:55 10:39 (−16)
10-24AKL 08:55 09:52 (+57)MEL 10:55 11:16 (+21)
10-23AKL 08:55 09:17 (+22)MEL 10:55 10:34 (−21)
10-22AKL 08:55 09:19 (+24)MEL 10:55 10:31 (−24)
10-21AKL 08:55 09:35 (+40)MEL 10:55 10:48 (−7)
10-20AKL 08:55 09:17 (+22)MEL

Aircraft

Recent tails: ZK-OKN, ZK-OKW, ZK-OKS, ZK-OKM.

Board clocks recorded as AKL and MEL published them.

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