NZ970Air New Zealand · AKL → TBU
live · 10m ago
Route confirmed Air New Zealand

NZ970 AucklandAKL · 08:00 Nuku'alofaTBU

NZ970 by Air New Zealand flies from Auckland (AKL) to Nuku'alofa (TBU) for the Sun, Nov 8 departure.

Right nowEn route to Nuku'alofa · off blocks 08:28 · 28 min late
En route

en route from AKL to TBU

En routeNZ970 · position estimated
AKLAucklandTBUNuku'alofa
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 08:28.

Typical gate push+16 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-08
+28 gate
11-07
+28 gate
11-04
+14 gate
10-31
+8 gate
10-28
+16 gate

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

0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
AKLAucklandOn-time likelyAKL delay board →
TBUNuku'alofaOn-time likelyTBU delay board →
AKL→TBUevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Tomorrow at Auckland

Forecast

Mon 9 Nov, local date

High20°Clikely 19°C to 22°C
Low15°Clikely 13°C to 17°C
  • 97% 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.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Auckland to Nuku'alofa flights today

same route · Air New Zealand
NZ972departs 06:00
NZ6060departs 08:00
NZ974departs 17:30

If NZ970 is cancelled, these are the other Air New Zealand nonstop flights from Auckland to Nuku'alofa on the same day, with scheduled departure times in AKL 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 NZ970 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for NZ970 across the AKL and TBU boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs on time. Based on 5 confirmed departures · 5/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how NZ970 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
11-08AKL 08:00 08:28 (+28)TBU
11-07AKL 08:00 08:28 (+28)TBU
11-04AKL 09:10 09:24 (+14)TBU
10-31AKL 08:00 08:08 (+8)TBU
10-28AKL 09:10 09:26 (+16)TBU

Aircraft

Recent tails: ZK-NHC, ZK-OKN, ZK-NHE, ZK-NZG.

Board clocks recorded as AKL and TBU published them.

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