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.
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.
| IATA | Destination | City | Country | Route | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
| IATA | Airline | Country | Routes 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.
| IATA | Origin airport | City | Country | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.