NZ626 QueenstownZQN · 17:20 AucklandAKL · 19:10
NZ626 by Air New Zealand flies from Queenstown (ZQN) to Auckland (AKL) for the Sat, Oct 31 departure.
arrived at AKL · 15 min early
⚖ NZ626 typically leaves +0 and lands −5. The air wins minutes back.Where the minutes go
last 7 operations · gate push → arrivalThe 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 operationmedian arrival −5 min · 1 cancelled · 9 operations tracked
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at ZQN and AKL 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
ForecastQueenstown to Auckland with Air New Zealand · Sun 1 Nov, local date
- Chance a departure is cancelled
- 0.7%0.5× usual
- Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
- 1.6%1.1× usual
Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 9 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 departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
Other Queenstown to Auckland flights today
same route · Air New ZealandIf NZ626 is cancelled, these are the other Air New Zealand nonstop flights from Queenstown to Auckland on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ZQN 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 NZ626 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for NZ626 across the ZQN and AKL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 9/9 within 15 min of schedule.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how NZ626 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.
How this operation is measured
Board log
scheduled → actual, per operationAircraft
Recent tails: ZK-OXC, ZK-OXD, ZK-OXI, ZK-OJQ.
Board clocks recorded as ZQN and AKL published them.
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