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
71 destinations · 27 countriesYear-round63
WTZWhitianga AirportNew Zealand · Great Barrier Airlines82 km51 miGBZGreat Barrier AerodromeNew Zealand · Great Barrier Airlines105 km65 miWREWhangarei 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 Zealand, Great Barrier Airlines210 km130 miWHKWhakatāne AirportNew Zealand · Air Chathams214 km133 miTUOTaupo AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand223 km139 miNPLNew Plymouth AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand228 km142 miKATKaitaia AirportNew Zealand · Great Barrier Airlines255 km158 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 miMost destinationsAir New Zealand 45Jetstar Airways 10Qantas Airways 8Qantas Freight 6FedEx Express 5Great Barrier Airlines 4
Straight 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.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 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