NZ5642Air New Zealand · ZQN → CHC
live · 23m ago
Route confirmed Air New Zealand

NZ5642 QueenstownZQN · 12:40 ChristchurchCHC · 13:50

NZ5642 by Air New Zealand flies from Queenstown (ZQN) to Christchurch (CHC).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
12:40

scheduled from ZQN

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+11 minmedian over 3 operations

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-23
+0 gate · +11 arrival
10-11
+0 gate · −12 arrival
10-09
+0 gate · +11 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
ZQNQueenstownOn-time likelyZQN delay board →
CHCChristchurchHigh riskCHC delay board →
ZQN→CHCevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
25%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.7%Chance of cancellation
+5 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ZQN and CHC 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 Queenstown to Christchurch flights today

same route · Air New Zealand
NZ5640departs 09:00
NZ644departs 10:25
NZ5648departs 14:35
NZ5656departs 16:30
NZ656departs 16:45

If NZ5642 is cancelled, these are the other Air New Zealand nonstop flights from Queenstown to Christchurch on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ZQN local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How NZ5642 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for NZ5642 across the ZQN and CHC boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: landed +11 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how NZ5642 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-23ZQN 12:40 (+0)CHC 13:50 14:01 (+11)
10-11ZQN 12:40 (+0)CHC 13:50 13:38 (−12)
10-09ZQN 12:40 (+0)CHC 13:50 14:01 (+11)

Board clocks recorded as ZQN and CHC published them.

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