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Auckland International (AKL) departure delays

Name: Auckland International (AKL) departure delays
Creator: FlightLabs

Of 720 sampled departures, 39.6% left 15 minutes or more behind schedule. Average lateness was 17.9 minutes. Sample window: Nov 10, 2025 to May 7, 2026.

These are historical aggregates, not live status. A departure is late at 15 minutes past schedule.

When departures are on time

Best hour to depart: 21:00–21:59, 20.0% late.
Best day of week: Thursday, 35.4% late.

Airlines with the most late departures

Airline	Flights sampled	Late	Average lateness
Qantas Airways (QF)	45	48.9%	24.4 min
Jetstar Airways (JQ)	85	47.1%	29.1 min
Air New Zealand (NZ)	440	40.0%	17.5 min

Routes from AKL

AKL to CHC — 87 flights per week

The departures that are late right now

39.6% of this AKL sample left 15 minutes late or more. GET /flight_delays returns the ones that are late at this moment: airline, flight number, scheduled time, actual time and minutes of delay.

https://www.goflightlabs.com/flight_delays?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY&delay=15&type=departures&dep_iata=AKL

Example response

Field names match the live API. This flight only shows the shape. It is not a live result.

{ "success": true, "data": [ { "airline_iata": "AA", "flight_iata": "AA100", "flight_number": "100", "dep_iata": "AKL", "dep_time": "2024-03-15 08:00", "dep_actual": "2024-03-15 08:22", "dep_delayed": 22, "status": "active" } ] }

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