AKL
Auckland International Airport
Auckland International Airport (IATA: AKL, ICAO: NZAA) is a large airport in Auckland, Auckland Region, New Zealand. It opened in 1928. It has one runway, 3,635 m (11,926 ft) long, concrete. In 2019 it handled 21.1 million passengers.
Timeline
2 events · 1928–19791928
OpenedAuckland International Airport opens.
17 FEB 1979
DisasterAir New Zealand Flight 4374.2 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap05R/23L072° / 252° · LIT
LENGTH3,635 m11,926 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete
Passengers per year
2011–201913.7M
14.2M
14.9M
15.1M
15.9M
17.3M
19.0M
20.5M
21.1M
111213141516171819
Routes
68 destinations · 27 countriesYear-round60
WREWhangarei AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand143 km89 miTRGTauranga AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand145 km90 miROTRotorua Regional AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand182 km113 miKKEKerikeri AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand210 km130 miWHKWhakatāne AirportNew Zealand · Air Chathams214 km133 miTUOTaupo AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand223 km139 miNPLNew Plymouth AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand228 km142 miNPEHawke's Bay AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand328 km204 miWAGWanganui AirportNew Zealand · Air Chathams329 km204 miGISGisborne AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand335 km208 miPMRPalmerston North AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand375 km233 miWLGWellington International AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand, Jetstar Airways480 km298 miNSNNelson AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand495 km308 miBHEWoodbourne AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand507 km315 miCHCChristchurch International AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand, Jetstar Airways745 km463 miZQNQueenstown AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand, Jetstar Airways1,024 km636 miCHTInia William Tuuta Memorial AirportNew Zealand · Air Chathams1,057 km657 miDUDDunedin International AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand, Jetstar Airways1,062 km660 miIVCInvercargill AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand1,174 km729 miNOULa Tontouta International AirportNew Caledonia · Air New Zealand, Aircalin1,860 km1,156 miTBUFua'amotu International AirportTonga · Air New Zealand2,005 km1,246 miNANNadi International AirportFiji · Air New Zealand, Fiji Airways2,156 km1,340 miSYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways, Jetstar Airways2,159 km1,342 miWSIWestern Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) AirportAustralia · Air New Zealand2,202 km1,368 miOOLGold Coast AirportAustralia · Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways, Jetstar Airways2,216 km1,377 miVLIBauerfield International AirportVanuatu · Solomon Airlines2,239 km1,391 miBNEBrisbane International AirportAustralia · Solomon Airlines, Air New Zealand, Qatar Airways +32,295 km1,426 miMCYSunshine Coast AirportAustralia · Jetstar Airways2,347 km1,458 miIUENiue International AirportNiue · Air New Zealand2,488 km1,546 miMELMelbourne AirportAustralia · Air New Zealand, Qatar Airways, Qantas Airways +12,637 km1,639 miAPWFaleolo International AirportSamoa · Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways2,892 km1,797 miRARRarotonga International AirportCook Islands · Air New Zealand, Jetstar Airways3,014 km1,873 miADLAdelaide International AirportAustralia · Air New Zealand, Qatar Airways3,251 km2,020 miHIRHoniara International AirportSolomon Islands · Solomon Airlines3,406 km2,116 miPPTFa'a'ā International AirportFrench Polynesia · Air New Zealand, Air Tahiti Nui4,094 km2,544 miPOMPort Moresby Jacksons International AirportPapua New Guinea · Air Niugini4,131 km2,567 miPERPerth International AirportAustralia · Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways5,336 km3,316 miDPSDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International AirportIndonesia · Air New Zealand6,740 km4,188 miHNLDaniel K. Inouye International AirportUnited States · Air New Zealand7,089 km4,405 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · Air New Zealand, Singapore Airlines8,408 km5,224 miKULKuala Lumpur International AirportMalaysia · Malaysia Airlines8,703 km5,408 miNRTNarita International AirportJapan · Air New Zealand8,837 km5,491 miTPETaiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaiwan · Air New Zealand, China Airlines8,890 km5,524 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Air New Zealand, Cathay Pacific9,170 km5,698 miSZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · Hainan Airlines9,204 km5,719 miHAKHaikou Meilan International AirportChina · Hainan Airlines9,241 km5,742 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · Air New Zealand, China Eastern Airlines9,368 km5,821 miSCLComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportChile · LATAM Chile9,653 km5,998 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Korean Air9,656 km6,000 miCKGChongqing Jiangbei International AirportChina · Hainan Airlines10,263 km6,377 miEZEEzeiza International Airport - Ministro PistariniArgentina · China Eastern Airlines10,312 km6,408 miPEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Air China10,425 km6,478 miTFUChengdu Tianfu International AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines10,466 km6,503 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Air New Zealand, Air Tahiti Nui10,487 km6,516 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Air New Zealand10,510 km6,531 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · Air New Zealand11,361 km7,059 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · Air New Zealand11,944 km7,422 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates14,199 km8,823 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Air New Zealand, Qantas Airways14,215 km8,833 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways14,534 km9,031 miSeasonal9
SYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · China Eastern Airlines2,159 km1,342 miMCYSunshine Coast AirportAustralia · Air New Zealand2,347 km1,458 miHBAHobart International AirportAustralia · Air New Zealand2,402 km1,493 miADLAdelaide International AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways3,251 km2,020 miCNSCairns International AirportAustralia · Air New Zealand3,620 km2,249 miHGHHangzhou Xiaoshan International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines9,377 km5,827 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, American Airlines10,487 km6,516 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · Air Canada11,361 km7,059 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Airlines11,986 km7,448 miCargo11
PMRPalmerston North AirportNew Zealand · Texel Air Australasia, Parcelair375 km233 miCHCChristchurch International AirportNew Zealand · Tasman Cargo Airlines, Texel Air Australasia, Parcelair +2745 km463 miSYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · Tasman Cargo Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Atlas Air +32,159 km1,342 miMELMelbourne AirportAustralia · Tasman Cargo Airlines, ASL Airlines Australia, Qantas Freight2,637 km1,639 miHNLDaniel K. Inouye International AirportUnited States · Atlas Air, FedEx Express, Qantas Freight7,089 km4,405 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Emirates SkyCargo9,170 km5,698 miCANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · China Southern Airlines, FedEx Express9,300 km5,779 miHANNoi Bai International AirportVietnam · Emirates SkyCargo9,695 km6,024 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express, Qantas Freight10,487 km6,516 miOAKOakland San Francisco Bay AirportUnited States · FedEx Express10,527 km6,541 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · Qantas Freight13,184 km8,192 miStraight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from AKL. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Auckland Airport” (revision of 16 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Airlines
36 airlines · destinations from AKLPassenger23
JQJetstar Airways10QFQantas Airways8MUChina Eastern Airlines4QRQatar Airways4HUHainan Airlines3IESolomon Airlines3TNAir Tahiti Nui2AAAmerican Airlinesseasonal · 2CIChina Airlines2ACAir Canadaseasonal · 1CAAir China1PXAir Niugini1SBAircalin1CXCathay Pacific1DLDelta Air Linesseasonal · 1EKEmirates1FJFiji Airways1KEKorean Air1—LATAM Chile1MHMalaysia Airlines13USichuan Airlines1SQSingapore Airlines1UAUnited Airlines1Former hub of Air Freight NZ, Air Nelson, Eagle Airways, Fly My Sky and Freedom Air.
Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from AKL. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
5 channelsAPPAPP124.300
ATISATIS127.800
CLDCLNC DEL128.200
GNDGND121.900
TWRTWR118.700