Air New ZealandNZ50% on time
Flights NZ28 19:50 daily
live
Direct flights from Auckland (AKL) to Houston (IAH): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. 50% of the last 6 tracked flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. The median arrival is 4 minutes late. 1 of the 6 tracked flights was cancelled. The nonstop covers 11,943 km, an estimated 15 hours 49 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Auckland and Houston. Updated 2 November 2026 at 00:22 UTC.
Today, AKL → IAH
Mon 2 Nov · local times- · NZ28Air New Zealand On schedule IAH 14:15scheduled
Checked AKL board 10:33 · IAH board 18:22
AKL
Auckland
smooth · +1
IAH
Houston
smooth · +0
11,943 km · ~15h 49m est.
Runs rough · 1 airline · 7x weekly · nonstop
50% on time
of the last 6 tracked AKL → IAH flights arrived within 15 minutes
Median arrival delay is +4 min. 1 of 6 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Median arrival+4 minacross the last 5 arrivals
Flight time~15h 49mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures7x1 direct airline on the leg
The week
scheduled departures · origin local time06121824
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Air New Zealand
Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Who flies it
observed on the boards · 7 daysHistory
operated legs · board outcomesActual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Full board history, day by day →
Airports right now
live boardsWeather lens
Conditions are tightest at AKL and IAH: a 26% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +2 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
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How the Auckland to Houston route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop AKL to IAH flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure
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AKL to IAH questions
Is AKL–IAH running on time right now?
Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from AKL to IAH?
Great-circle distance is 11,943 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 873–1054 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does AKL–IAH fly?
Air New Zealand runs the route with about 7 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
What does the route health score measure?
A blend of departure-side delay at AKL and arrival-side delay at IAH, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.
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