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Wellington International Airport (WLG)

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

WLGIATA
NZWNICAO
21Destinations on file
6Operating airlines
32Departures on file

Quick facts

  • Full name: Wellington International Airport
  • Serves: Wellington, New Zealand
  • Coordinates: -41.3272, 174.8050
  • Elevation: 41 ft
  • Time zone: Pacific/Auckland

Wellington International Airport sits inside the air network of New Zealand. It shows 32 distinct scheduled departures across 21 destinations and 6 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 WLG

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
MEL Melbourne International Airport Melbourne Australia WLG→MEL 5
SYD Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport Sydney Australia WLG→SYD 5
AKL Auckland International Airport Auckland New Zealand WLG→AKL 2
CHC Christchurch International Airport Christchurch New Zealand WLG→CHC 2
BNE Brisbane International Airport Brisbane Australia WLG→BNE 2
BHE Woodbourne Airport Woodbourne New Zealand WLG→BHE 1
DUD Dunedin Airport Dunedin New Zealand WLG→DUD 1
GIS Gisborne Airport Gisborne New Zealand WLG→GIS 1
HLZ Hamilton International Airport Hamilton New Zealand WLG→HLZ 1
IVC Invercargill Airport Invercargill New Zealand WLG→IVC 1
NPE Hawke's Bay Airport NAPIER New Zealand WLG→NPE 1
NPL New Plymouth Airport New Plymouth New Zealand WLG→NPL 1
NSN Nelson Airport Nelson New Zealand WLG→NSN 1
PMR Palmerston North Airport Palmerston North New Zealand WLG→PMR 1
ROT Rotorua Regional Airport Rotorua New Zealand WLG→ROT 1
TIU Timaru Airport Timaru New Zealand WLG→TIU 1
TRG Tauranga Airport Tauranga New Zealand WLG→TRG 1
TUO Taupo Airport Taupo New Zealand WLG→TUO 1
WRE Whangarei Airport Whangarei New Zealand WLG→WRE 1
WSZ Westport Airport Westport New Zealand WLG→WSZ 1
ZQN Queenstown International Airport Queenstown International New Zealand WLG→ZQN 1

Airlines operating at WLG

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

Airport profile data (section 2)
IATAAirlineCountryRoutes from WLG
NZ Air New Zealand New Zealand 21
VA Virgin Australia Australia 3
EK Emirates United Arab Emirates 2
JQ Jetstar Airways Australia 2
MU China Eastern Airlines China 2
QF Qantas Australia 2

Inbound origin airports

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

Airport profile data (section 3)
IATAOrigin airportCityCountryOperators
MEL Melbourne International Airport Melbourne Australia 5
SYD Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport Sydney Australia 5
AKL Auckland International Airport Auckland New Zealand 2
CHC Christchurch International Airport Christchurch New Zealand 2
BNE Brisbane International Airport Brisbane Australia 2
BHE Woodbourne Airport Woodbourne New Zealand 1
DUD Dunedin Airport Dunedin New Zealand 1
GIS Gisborne Airport Gisborne New Zealand 1
HLZ Hamilton International Airport Hamilton New Zealand 1
IVC Invercargill Airport Invercargill New Zealand 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
ROT Rotorua Regional Airport Rotorua New Zealand 1
TIU Timaru Airport Timaru New Zealand 1
TRG Tauranga Airport Tauranga New Zealand 1
TUO Taupo Airport Taupo New Zealand 1
WRE Whangarei Airport Whangarei New Zealand 1
WSZ Westport Airport Westport New Zealand 1
ZQN Queenstown International Airport Queenstown International 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 WLG 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 WLG 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 WLG 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.