NZ168Air New Zealand · MCY → AKL
updated 2h ago
Route confirmed Air New Zealand

NZ168 Sunshine CoastMCY · 11:35 AucklandAKL · 17:50

NZ168 by Air New Zealand flies from Sunshine Coast (MCY) to Auckland (AKL).

Right nowNext departure today Operates Wed Fri Sun
11:35

scheduled from MCY

Typical gate push−4 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−23 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~19 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-23
−4 gate · −23 arrival
10-21
−4 gate · −28 arrival
10-18
+31 gate · +9 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
MCYSunshine CoastHigh riskMCY delay board →
AKLAucklandOn-time likelyAKL delay board →
MCY→AKLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
45%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.3%Chance of cancellation
+17 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by MCY (Sunshine Coast), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 at Sunshine Coast

Forecast

Tue 3 Nov, local date

High27°Clikely 25°C to 29°C
Low20°Clikely 18°C to 21°C
  • 35% chance of thunder
  • 82% chance of rain

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Auckland

Forecast

Tue 3 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 20°C to 23°C
Low15°Clikely 12°C to 17°C
Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.3%usually 1.1%
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.1%usually 1.9%

Weather behind it: gusts to 31 kt at Wellington, where 8% of departures go; 52% chance of thunder and 92% chance of rain at Sydney, where 6% of departures go

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Based on about 210 departures a day. · 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.

How NZ168 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for NZ168 across the MCY and AKL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: left right on schedule but landed about 17 min early. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how NZ168 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
10-23MCY 11:35 11:31 (−4)AKL 17:50 17:27 (−23)
10-21MCY 11:35 11:31 (−4)AKL 17:50 17:22 (−28)
10-18MCY 11:35 12:06 (+31)AKL 17:50 17:59 (+9)

Aircraft

Recent tails: ZK-NHE, ZK-NHB.

Board clocks recorded as MCY and AKL published them.

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