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Auckland International Airport (AKL)

A working profile of Auckland International Airport in Auckland, New Zealand: identifiers, location, the destinations served by scheduled flights, and the airlines that operate there.

AKLIATA
NZAAICAO
45Destinations on file
25Operating airlines
96Departures on file

Quick facts

  • Full name: Auckland International Airport
  • Serves: Auckland, New Zealand
  • Coordinates: -37.0081, 174.7920
  • Elevation: 23 ft
  • Time zone: Pacific/Auckland

Auckland International Airport sits inside the air network of New Zealand. It shows 96 distinct scheduled departures across 45 destinations and 25 operating carriers in the OpenFlights routes table. Whether it works as a primary hub, a focus city, or a regional feeder depends on the size of those numbers. The bigger they get, the more likely the airport supports connecting traffic on top of its point-to-point passengers.

Destinations from AKL

Destinations are listed in order of how many distinct airline codes serve them. Click any code for the destination's own airport profile, or jump to the dedicated route page.

Airport profile data
IATADestinationCityCountryRouteOperators
SYD Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport Sydney Australia AKL→SYD 10
BNE Brisbane International Airport Brisbane Australia AKL→BNE 7
MEL Melbourne International Airport Melbourne Australia AKL→MEL 7
PPT Faa'a International Airport Papeete French Polynesia AKL→PPT 4
SIN Singapore Changi Airport Singapore Singapore AKL→SIN 3
NAN Nadi International Airport Nandi Fiji AKL→NAN 3
ADL Adelaide International Airport Adelaide Australia AKL→ADL 3
OOL Gold Coast Airport Coolangatta Australia AKL→OOL 3
NRT Narita International Airport Tokyo Japan AKL→NRT 3
PVG Shanghai Pudong International Airport Shanghai China AKL→PVG 2
HKG Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong Hong Kong AKL→HKG 2
CHC Christchurch International Airport Christchurch New Zealand AKL→CHC 2
DUD Dunedin Airport Dunedin New Zealand AKL→DUD 2
WLG Wellington International Airport Wellington New Zealand AKL→WLG 2
ZQN Queenstown International Airport Queenstown International New Zealand AKL→ZQN 2
SCL Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Santiago Chile AKL→SCL 2
VLI Bauerfield International Airport Port-vila Vanuatu AKL→VLI 2
APW Faleolo International Airport Faleolo Samoa AKL→APW 2
CNS Cairns International Airport Cairns Australia AKL→CNS 2
LAX Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles United States AKL→LAX 2
NOU La Tontouta International Airport Noumea New Caledonia AKL→NOU 2
PER Perth International Airport Perth Australia AKL→PER 2
RAR Rarotonga International Airport Avarua Cook Islands AKL→RAR 2
SFO San Francisco International Airport San Francisco United States AKL→SFO 2
TBU Fua'amotu International Airport Tongatapu Tonga AKL→TBU 2
BKK Suvarnabhumi Airport Bangkok Thailand AKL→BKK 2
CAN Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Guangzhou China AKL→CAN 1
ICN Incheon International Airport Seoul South Korea AKL→ICN 1
KUL Kuala Lumpur International Airport Kuala Lumpur Malaysia AKL→KUL 1
BHE Woodbourne Airport Woodbourne New Zealand AKL→BHE 1
GIS Gisborne Airport Gisborne New Zealand AKL→GIS 1
HLZ Hamilton International Airport Hamilton New Zealand AKL→HLZ 1
KAT Kaitaia Airport Kaitaia New Zealand AKL→KAT 1
KKE Kerikeri Airport Kerikeri New Zealand AKL→KKE 1
NPE Hawke's Bay Airport NAPIER New Zealand AKL→NPE 1
NPL New Plymouth Airport New Plymouth New Zealand AKL→NPL 1
NSN Nelson Airport Nelson New Zealand AKL→NSN 1
PMR Palmerston North Airport Palmerston North New Zealand AKL→PMR 1
PPQ Paraparaumu Airport Paraparaumu New Zealand AKL→PPQ 1
ROT Rotorua Regional Airport Rotorua New Zealand AKL→ROT 1
TRG Tauranga Airport Tauranga New Zealand AKL→TRG 1
TUO Taupo Airport Taupo New Zealand AKL→TUO 1
WAG Wanganui Airport Wanganui New Zealand AKL→WAG 1
WHK Whakatane Airport Whakatane New Zealand AKL→WHK 1
WRE Whangarei Airport Whangarei New Zealand AKL→WRE 1

Airlines operating at AKL

Carriers ranked by the number of routes they file from this airport.

Airport profile data (section 2)
IATAAirlineCountryRoutes from AKL
NZ Air New Zealand New Zealand 39
VA Virgin Australia Australia 10
JQ Jetstar Airways Australia 9
QF Qantas Australia 6
TN Air Tahiti Nui France 4
AA American Airlines United States 3
EK Emirates United Arab Emirates 3
CI China Airlines Taiwan 2
LA LAN Airlines Chile 2
MU China Eastern Airlines China 2
UA United Airlines United States 2
CA Air China China 1
CX Cathay Pacific Hong Kong SAR of China 1
CZ China Southern Airlines China 1
ET Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopia 1
FJ Air Pacific Fiji 1
KE Korean Air Republic of Korea 1
MH Malaysia Airlines Malaysia 1
NF Air Vanuatu Vanuatu 1
NH All Nippon Airways Japan 1
OZ Asiana Airlines Republic of Korea 1
SB Air Caledonie International France 1
SQ Singapore Airlines Cargo Singapore 1
TG Thai Airways International Thailand 1
TK Turkish Airlines Turkey 1

Inbound origin airports

Where flights into AKL typically originate, ranked by the number of operators on file.

Airport profile data (section 3)
IATAOrigin airportCityCountryOperators
SYD Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport Sydney Australia 11
BNE Brisbane International Airport Brisbane Australia 8
MEL Melbourne International Airport Melbourne Australia 8
PPT Faa'a International Airport Papeete French Polynesia 4
NAN Nadi International Airport Nandi Fiji 4
HNL Daniel K Inouye International Airport Honolulu United States 4
ADL Adelaide International Airport Adelaide Australia 4
HKG Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong Hong Kong 3
SIN Singapore Changi Airport Singapore Singapore 3
OOL Gold Coast Airport Coolangatta Australia 3
NRT Narita International Airport Tokyo Japan 3
APW Faleolo International Airport Faleolo Samoa 3
CNS Cairns International Airport Cairns Australia 3
LAX Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles United States 3
PER Perth International Airport Perth Australia 3
RAR Rarotonga International Airport Avarua Cook Islands 3
SFO San Francisco International Airport San Francisco United States 3
YVR Vancouver International Airport Vancouver Canada 2
PVG Shanghai Pudong International Airport Shanghai China 2
CHC Christchurch International Airport Christchurch New Zealand 2
DUD Dunedin Airport Dunedin New Zealand 2
WLG Wellington International Airport Wellington New Zealand 2
ZQN Queenstown International Airport Queenstown International New Zealand 2
SCL Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Santiago Chile 2
VLI Bauerfield International Airport Port-vila Vanuatu 2
NOU La Tontouta International Airport Noumea New Caledonia 2
TBU Fua'amotu International Airport Tongatapu Tonga 2
BKK Suvarnabhumi Airport Bangkok Thailand 2
CAN Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Guangzhou China 1
SUV Nausori International Airport Nausori Fiji 1
ICN Incheon International Airport Seoul South Korea 1
KUL Kuala Lumpur International Airport Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 1
BHE Woodbourne Airport Woodbourne New Zealand 1
GIS Gisborne Airport Gisborne New Zealand 1
HLZ Hamilton International Airport Hamilton New Zealand 1
IUE Niue International Airport Alofi Niue 1
KAT Kaitaia Airport Kaitaia New Zealand 1
KKE Kerikeri Airport Kerikeri New Zealand 1
NLK Norfolk Island International Airport Norfolk Island Norfolk Island 1
NPE Hawke's Bay Airport NAPIER New Zealand 1
NPL New Plymouth Airport New Plymouth New Zealand 1
NSN Nelson Airport Nelson New Zealand 1
PMR Palmerston North Airport Palmerston North New Zealand 1
PPQ Paraparaumu Airport Paraparaumu New Zealand 1
ROT Rotorua Regional Airport Rotorua New Zealand 1
TRG Tauranga Airport Tauranga New Zealand 1
TUO Taupo Airport Taupo New Zealand 1
WAG Wanganui Airport Wanganui New Zealand 1
WHK Whakatane Airport Whakatane New Zealand 1
WRE Whangarei Airport Whangarei New Zealand 1

How to read this page

The destinations table is the core of an airport profile. It tells you, at a glance, where you can fly directly from AKL on a published schedule. The "operators" column doesn't measure frequency. It measures how many distinct airline codes file the route. So a "3" means three different carriers list AKL to that destination, even if one of them runs the route many times a day while the others only manage it weekly. For practical trip planning, use the table as a starting list and confirm the airline's own schedule for your travel dates.

The airline list shows which carriers treat AKL as part of their network. Many will be foreign carriers running one or two flights, while a handful will use the airport as a base. To see where those carriers fly elsewhere, click through to any airline page. Each airline profile includes a route sample drawn from the same dataset.