NZ173Air New Zealand · AKL → PER
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Route confirmed Air New Zealand

NZ173 AucklandAKL · 18:50 PerthPER · 21:15

NZ173 by Air New Zealand flies from Auckland (AKL) to Perth (PER) for the Fri, Oct 23 departure.

Right nowEn route to Perth · off blocks 19:09 · 19 min late
En route

en route from AKL to PER

En routeNZ173 · position estimated
AKLAucklandPERPerth
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 19:09. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

⚖ NZ173 typically leaves +21 and lands −22. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+21 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−22 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~43 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-23
+19 gate · −30 arrival
10-22
+19 gate · −30 arrival
10-21
+15 gate · −36 arrival
10-18
+13 gate · −41 arrival
10-17
+44 gate · −22 arrival
10-15
+31 gate · −17 arrival
10-14
+46 gate · −4 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 −22 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
AKLAucklandOn-time likelyAKL delay board →
PERPerthOn-time likelyPER delay board →
AKL→PERevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
32%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.4%Chance of cancellation
+3 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at AKL and PER are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, 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 →

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 Perth flights today

same route · Air New Zealand
NZ175departs 12:35
NZ1375departs 13:35

If NZ173 is cancelled, these are the other Air New Zealand nonstop flights from Auckland to Perth on the same day, with scheduled departure times in AKL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How NZ173 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for NZ173 across the AKL and PER boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~6 min early. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 9/9 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how NZ173 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
10-23AKL 18:50 19:09 (+19)PER 21:15 20:45 (−30)
10-22AKL 18:50 19:09 (+19)PER 21:15 20:45 (−30)
10-21AKL 18:50 19:05 (+15)PER 21:15 20:39 (−36)
10-18AKL 18:50 19:03 (+13)PER 21:15 20:34 (−41)
10-17AKL 18:50 19:34 (+44)PER 21:15 20:53 (−22)
10-15AKL 18:50 19:21 (+31)PER 21:15 20:58 (−17)
10-14AKL 18:50 19:36 (+46)PER 21:15 21:11 (−4)
10-11AKL 18:50 19:35 (+45)PER 21:15 21:22 (+7)
10-10AKL 18:50 19:11 (+21)PER 21:15 20:58 (−17)

Aircraft

Recent tails: ZK-NZJ, ZK-NZG, ZK-NZL, ZK-NZF.

Board clocks recorded as AKL and PER published them.

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