Auckland to Melbourne
🇳🇿AKL🇦🇺MELAuckland International Airport to Melbourne AirportNew Zealand to Australia
Distance
2,637 km
1,639 miles
Frequency
78 departures a week
S26 schedule
Airlines
8
Air New Zealand, Qantas, HJ, codeshares included
Typical delay
16 min
63 departures
The route
Great circle, 2,637 kmHow delayed is this route?
Measured over monthsDepartures from Auckland International Airport on this route are typically 16 minutes late (likely 12 to 20), across 63 departures we tracked between 2026-03-25 and 2026-09-05.
median delay of tracked departures on this leg. Flight Owl's own resolved departure predictions (flights our users tracked), not a census of all flights at the airport.
Airlines on this route
8 airlines with a flight number here- NZAir New Zealand
- QFQantas
- JQJetstar Airways
- TTTiger Airways Australia
- SQSingapore Airlines
- 5HFly540
- PHPolynesian Airlines
- HJHJ
Every airline that puts its own flight number on this route. On a busy pair most of them are codeshare partners selling seats on another airline's aircraft, so this is wider than the list of airlines that actually operate it.
Flights on this route
3 of 21 flight numbers tracked often enough to describe| Flight | Airline | Departs | Aircraft | Departures seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZ 129 | Air New Zealand | 19:20 | A21N on 59% of sightings, also A20N | 18 |
| HJ 7 | HJ | 03:20 | B763 | 13 |
| QF 152 | Qantas | 06:10 | B738 on 92% of sightings, also 73H | 10 |
Departure times are local to Auckland International Airport. A flight appears here once we have tracked it at least 10 times.