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title: "Flights to Auckland: how far it is, and from where · Orbit"
description: "Great circle distances and estimated flying times to Auckland, New Zealand, from 11 cities — 745 km at the nearest, 14,534 km at the furthest. Distance and geography, not fares."
url: https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/auckland
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New Zealand · Oceania

# Flights to Auckland: how far it is, and from where

Auckland sits at 37.0°S, 174.8°E, served by Auckland (AKL). Below are 11 routes into it, with the great circle distance and an estimated flying time for each.

This page is about distance and geography — there are no fares or schedules on it. For tickets, use a booking site; for how far it actually is and what you fly over to get there, you’re in the right place.

**Routes here**
11
in the catalogue

**Nearest**
745 km
from Christchurch

**Furthest**
14,534 km
from Doha

**Airports**
1
AKL

## How far Auckland is from everywhere else

Great circle distance between the airports, and an estimate of the time in the air. Every row links to the route in full.

| From                                                       |     | Distance  | Estimated | Direction                        |
| ---------------------------------------------------------- | --- | --------- | --------- | -------------------------------- |
| [Christchurch](https://orbitflights.app/routes/akl-to-chc) | CHC | 745 km    | 1h 26m    | barely any time shift            |
| [Queenstown](https://orbitflights.app/routes/akl-to-zqn)   | ZQN | 1,024 km  | 1h 46m    | barely any time shift            |
| [Nadi](https://orbitflights.app/routes/akl-to-nan)         | NAN | 2,156 km  | 3h 11m    | barely any time shift            |
| [Sydney](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-akl)       | SYD | 2,159 km  | 3h 11m    | eastbound — the harder direction |
| [Brisbane](https://orbitflights.app/routes/bne-to-akl)     | BNE | 2,295 km  | 3h 21m    | eastbound — the harder direction |
| [Melbourne](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mel-to-akl)    | MEL | 2,637 km  | 3h 47m    | eastbound — the harder direction |
| [Papeete](https://orbitflights.app/routes/akl-to-ppt)      | PPT | 4,094 km  | 5h 35m    | westbound — the easier direction |
| [Los Angeles](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-akl)  | LAX | 10,487 km | 13h 32m   | westbound — the easier direction |
| [Dubai](https://orbitflights.app/routes/dxb-to-akl)        | DXB | 14,199 km | 18h 09m   | eastbound — the harder direction |
| [New York](https://orbitflights.app/routes/akl-to-jfk)     | JFK | 14,215 km | 18h 10m   | westbound — the easier direction |
| [Doha](https://orbitflights.app/routes/doh-to-akl)         | DOH | 14,534 km | 18h 34m   | eastbound — the harder direction |

## What Auckland adds to a map

Auckland puts a pin in New Zealand, and Oceania is one of the seven continents — the coarsest and most useful measure of how much of the world a flight map actually covers. The furthest route here, from Doha, is 14,534 km: 36.3% of one lap of the Earth in a single flight.

[What actually counts as a country visited →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/counting-countries)

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