Potential flight path changes: Wellington northern suburbs
20 Sep 2024
Wellington Airport has been publicly consulting on potential flight path options for northerly jet departures from Wellington. The options are:
1) Maintaining the current flight paths
2) Changing the northerly route for jet departures before 7am to fly between Horokiwi and Korokoro
3) Changing the northerly route for jet departures to a similar route used before December 2022 over Newlands Ridge
4) Any other proposal raised through this engagement process
This follows changes made to flight paths for jet aircraft departing Wellington to the north in December 2022. In general, these changes have meant fewer departures over Newlands and more over Khandallah and Broadmeadows.
You can read more detailed background on the options in this document: Flight path changes that may affect your suburb.
Detailed noise monitoring reports are also available:
The consultation period is now closed and we are carefully considering the feedback received.
If the outcome of the consultation is to recommend a potential change, then whether this will be implemented will need to be considered by Airways and the Civil Aviation Authority. The timing of any potential change would depend on what option is progressed and would need to be worked through with those agencies.
For any questions or issues, please contact us at wellingtonairport@wellingtonairport.co.nz.
