NZ578Air New Zealand · CHC → AKL
live · 34m ago
Route confirmed Air New Zealand

NZ578 ChristchurchCHC · 17:00 AucklandAKL · 18:25

NZ578 by Air New Zealand flies from Christchurch (CHC) to Auckland (AKL) for the Wed, Oct 21 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate 19 · as of 19:08
17:00

departs CHC · on schedule

Typical gate push+20 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+19 minmedian over 1 operations
Wins back in air~1 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

The route today

live boards
CHCChristchurchModerate riskCHC delay board →
AKLAucklandOn-time likelyAKL delay board →
CHC→AKLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
32%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.4%Chance of cancellation
+5 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by AKL (Auckland), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 Christchurch to Auckland flights today

same route · Air New Zealand
NZ582departs 05:45
NZ584departs 06:45
NZ6204departs 07:00
NZ586departs 07:20
NZ534departs 08:10
NZ548departs 09:00

If NZ578 is cancelled, these are the other Air New Zealand nonstop flights from Christchurch to Auckland on the same day, with scheduled departure times in CHC local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How NZ578 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for NZ578 across the CHC and AKL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: landed +23 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how NZ578 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
10-19CHC 17:00 17:20 (+20)AKL 18:25 18:44 (+19)

Aircraft

Recent tails: ZK-OXB.

Board clocks recorded as CHC and AKL published them.

Planning around NZ578? Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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