Potential flight path changes: Wellington northern suburbs

Wellington Airport has publicly consulted on potential flight path options for northerly jet departures from Wellington. The options were:

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:

• Noise modelling of flight path options September 2024
• Noise monitoring DMAPs update December 2023

Submissions closed on 5th November and we are now considering the feedback received. Further announcements will be made in due course. For any questions or issues in the meantime, please contact us at wellingtonairport@wellingtonairport.co.nz.