Airport
Auckland International Airport AKL
Auckland, New Zealand · Large airport · ICAO NZAA
New Zealand's main international gateway, with domestic and international terminals about ten minutes apart on foot or by shuttle — a gap that catches out passengers connecting on separate tickets.
Reference data
- IATA
- AKL
- ICAO
- NZAA
- Elevation
- 23 ft
- Coordinates
- -37.0120, 174.7863
Local time at AKL
08:35 GMT+13
Sun, 4 Oct 2026 · UTC+13:00 · Pacific/Auckland
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Routes covered from AKL
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Nearby airports
Ranked by actual distance from AKL's coordinates, not by name or region. Useful when a fare or a schedule makes a neighbouring airport worth the ground transfer.
| IATA | Airport | City | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HLZ | Hamilton International Airport | Hamilton | 107 km | Look up |
| WRE | Whangarei Airport | Whangarei | 143 km | Look up |
| TRG | Tauranga Airport | Tauranga | 145 km | Look up |
| ROT | Rotorua Regional Airport | Rotorua | 182 km | Look up |
| KKE | Kerikeri Airport | Kerikeri | 210 km | Look up |
| WHK | Whakatāne Airport | Whakatāne | 214 km | Look up |
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Terminals, transfer times and facilities change, and this page does not track them. For operational detail, go to the airport itself.
Official AKL website Auckland International Airport on Wikipedia
Where this data comes from
Codes, coordinates and elevation come from the public-domain OurAirports dataset, pinned at build time — 4,133 airports, last refreshed 6 September 2026. The time zone is derived from the coordinates above.