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NZ265 Air New Zealand - Flight Status

Below, you can find details about Air New Zealand flight NZ265, which currently operates between the airports of Queenstown - Queenstown Airport (Airport Code ZQN) and Melbourne - Melbourne Tullamarine Airport (Airport Code MEL).
This flight data pertains specifically to the flight's details for Thursday, October 30, 2025.

NZ265 On Time performance:
80
We have calculated the percentage of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of their scheduled time, or earlier, based on real flight data from the last 3 months. More about punctuality and delays

Flight Status

NZ265 Air New Zealand from Queenstown

Airline information

Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand

Departure

Queenstown (ZQN)
October 26, 2025
Queenstown Airport

Arrival

Melbourne (MEL)
October 26, 2025
Melbourne Tullamarine Airport
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Codeshare Flights

This flight is shared with other airlines, this means that these other flights are the same:

- AI6287 - Air India

- EY4448 - Etihad Airways

- SQ4348 - Singapore Airlines

Additional Information

Which is the frequency of flight NZ265?
The flight NZ265 is scheduled to flight on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday on a weekly basis.

Which is the distance of flight NZ265?
The distance between the two airports is 2146 kilometers.

Which is the flight time of flight NZ265?
The scheduled flight time gate to gate is: 03:35 hours.
The real flight time gate to gate on average is: 03:23 hours.

Are the departure airport and arrival airport at the same Time Zone?
No, each airport is in a different timezone. The times shown above, are presented in the local time of each respective airport.
Current Time in Queenstown: 2025-10-30 11:44:34
Current Time in Melbourne: 2025-10-30 09:44:34

Alternative Flights

The following airlines serves the same route between Queenstown and Melbourne:

Jetstar
- Flight Number: JQ220. (On Time performance: 79 - Average Delay: 11 minutes)

Qantas
- Flight Number: QF178. (On Time performance: 64 - Average Delay: 17 minutes)

Virgin Australia
- Flight Number: VA144. (On Time performance: 83 - Average Delay: 6 minutes)
- Flight Number: VA146. (On Time performance: 99 - Average Delay: 1 minutes)

Punctuality and delays

We have gathered data from recent months and present below an analysis of how timely the flights have been.

In terms of On-Time Performance, by analyzing the flight data from the last three months, spanning from July 24, 2025 to October 22, 2025, we have obtained these figures.
Total number of flights: 71
On Time: 57 ( 80 % )
Moderate Delay: 6 ( 8 % )
Significant Delay: 5 ( 7 % )
Major Delay: 3 ( 4 % )
Canceled: 0 ( 0 % )
Diverted: 0 ( 0 % )

Average Delay: 10 minutes.
Delays analyzed by Weekday: We have gathered available data from last six months, spanning from April 25, 2025 to October 22, 2025. Next, you can observe the results broken down by day of the week: number of flights analyzed, on-time performance per day, and average delay per day.

Delays analyzed by Month: We have gathered available data from last twelve closed months, spanning from October 02, 2024 to September 29, 2025. Next, you can observe the results broken down by month: number of flights analyzed, on-time performance per month, and average delay per month.

Last Past Flights NZ265

Date
Departure
Arrival
Duration
Aircraft
Status
Wednesday
29 October
15:34
Queenstown (ZQN)
17:02
Melbourne (MEL)
03h 28min
Airbus A320neo
Airbus A320neo
Landed - On-time
Sunday
26 October
15:21
Queenstown (ZQN)
17:21
Melbourne (MEL)
04h 00min
Airbus A320neo
Airbus A320neo
Landed - Delayed
Friday
24 October
15:41
Queenstown (ZQN)
17:13
Melbourne (MEL)
03h 32min
Airbus A320neo
Airbus A320neo
Landed - On-time
Wednesday
22 October
15:46
Queenstown (ZQN)
17:45
Melbourne (MEL)
03h 59min
Airbus A320neo
Airbus A320neo
Landed - Delayed
Monday
20 October
15:50
Queenstown (ZQN)
17:54
Melbourne (MEL)
04h 04min
Airbus A320neo
Airbus A320neo
Landed - Delayed
Sunday
19 October
15:27
Queenstown (ZQN)
17:07
Melbourne (MEL)
03h 40min
Airbus A320neo
Airbus A320neo
Landed - On-time
Friday
17 October
15:46
Queenstown (ZQN)
17:16
Melbourne (MEL)
03h 30min
Airbus A320neo
Airbus A320neo
Landed - On-time
Wednesday
15 October
15:40
Queenstown (ZQN)
17:10
Melbourne (MEL)
03h 30min
Airbus A320neo
Airbus A320neo
Landed - On-time
Monday
13 October
15:37
Queenstown (ZQN)
17:01
Melbourne (MEL)
03h 24min
Airbus A320neo
Airbus A320neo
Landed - On-time
Sunday
12 October
15:53
Queenstown (ZQN)
17:34
Melbourne (MEL)
03h 41min
Airbus A320neo
Airbus A320neo
Landed - Delayed