Located on the North Island Auckland International is the biggest and busiest Airport in New Zealand carrying over 20 million passengers in 2019. With over 30+ Domestic, International and Cargo destinations it opens up New Zealand with Asia, Oceania and North America. This tutorial will teach you the do’s and dont’s of Auckland International.
Auckland Airport is really east to get around as all aircraft tend to use the same route depeding on the size, I have included a chart that can give the most realistic taxi procedues from Antonov to an SR22.
- Red - Heavy aircraft (A380,777)
- Blue - Shot Haul (A320, 737)
- Yellow - Turpoprop (Q400 - ATR72)
Note: - Smaller international aircraft eg: A320, 737 are to follow Heavies along the Red line.
- When Landing 05R, Shorthaul/Turboprop aircraft are to exit the runway via A5 while Heavies are to exit either via A3, A2, A1, A1A
- When Landing 23L, Shorthaul/Turboprop aircraft are to exit the runway via A6 while Heavies are to exit either via A8, A9, A10.
Runway to Parking
Parking to Runway
Auckland currently has one runway wich is 05R/23L and is 11,926 feet long or 3,633 meters and is the largest runway in NZ capable of ILS on both ends. You may be wandering “What happended to 05L/23R Ben?” That runway was closed due to size and how close it was to the much more reasonable 23L/05R, where the old one use to lay now sits Taxiway Alpha wich runs along the side of 23L/05R. Auckland Airport is working on an expansion to the current airport with a new runway wich you can see here.
Auckland has a Domestic and International Terminal along side the hards stand litterd around terminals. Auckland offers many unique and beautiful destinations operated by a variaty of Airlines and Aircraft.
Photo Source
Red - International Terminal and stands
Blue - Domestic Terminal and stands
Green- DHL cargo stand
Domestic Flights
|Airlines|Aircraft| Note|
|—|—|—|—|
|Air New Zealand|A320,A320neo,A321neo, Q400, ATR72-600|-|
|Jetstar |A320, Q300|-|
|Air Chathams|Convair 580, Saab340, ATR72-600, Fairchild Metroliner, Cessna 206|-|
|Great Barrier Airlines|Cessna 208 Caravan|-|
Cargo Flights
|Airlines|Aircraft| Note|
|—|—|—|—|
|Parcel Air|B737-400F|Cargo| Domestic terminal stands
|DHL|B767-300F|Cargo|
|FedEx|B777-200F|Uses International Terminal Stands
|Qantas|B767-300F| AKL-CHC, Sometimes uses A330, Same stands as FedEx
International Flights
|Airlines|Aircraft| Note|
|—|—|—|—|
|Air New Zealand|B787-9, B777-200ER, B777-300ER, A320, A221neo, A320|777 Operated post COVID-19|
|Jetstar |A320|-|
|Air Canada|B777-300ER, B787-9|Seasonal|
|Air China|A330-300|-|
|Air Tahiti Nui|B787-9|-|
|Air Vanuatu|B737-300, B737-800|-|
|Aircalin|A320, A330neo|-|
|American Airlines |B787-9|-|
|Cathay Pacific|B777-300ER, A350-1000/900|
|China Airlines|A350-900|-|
|China Eastern Airlines|A330-200, B777-300ER|-|
|China Southern Airlines|B787-9, A330-300|-
|Emirates|A380, B777-300ER| Use to use 200LR
|Fiji Airways|B737-700, A330-300/200, B737max|-
|Hainan AIrlines| A330-300|-
|Hawaiian Airlines|A330-200|-
|Korean Air|B777-300ER, B787-9| In Summer time uses 747-8i
|LATAM Chile|B787-9|
|Malaysia Airlines|A330-300, A350-900|-
|Philippine Airlines|A330-300, A350-900, A321-200|-
|Qantas|A330-200, A330-300, B737-800, 787-9|-
|Qatar|B777-300ER, 777-200LR|-
|Samoa Airways|B737-300|-
|Sichuan Airlines|A330-200|-
|Singapore Airlines|B777-300ER, A350-900|-
|Thai Airways|B787-9, A350-900|-
|United Airlines|B777-300ER, 200ER, 787-9|Summer Season
Note:
- Some routes may not be currently active due to COVID-19, please take note.
- This will be updated so dont worry if something is wrong.
- Please let me know if you have anything relavent I can add