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Flights to Auckland, New Zealand

The City

The city of Auckland is New Zealand’s largest city. The area is blessed with positive geographical features such as beautiful sceneries and breathtaking beaches. Significant political policies such as intensified preservation of historical sites resulted to the emergence of places suitable for invigorating walks and ultimate holiday vacations. The city is also the home for restaurants serving outstanding food and wine, great shopping center, and very exciting nightlife spots. To compliment the presence of establishments mentioned earlier, Auckland has all the options when it comes to accommodation. These are in the form of boutique or luxury retreats, motels and hotels, and backpacker’s and budget hotels.


Airport:

Latitude and Longitude: 37°00’29”S 174°47’30”E

The Auckland airport serves almost 70% of all the international visitors arriving and leaving New Zealand. The airport processes nearly 34,000 passengers each day and approximately 12 million passengers annually. The airport has 105 international flights and 322 domestic flights every day. The accumulated number of aircraft movements in an annual basis is estimated to be around 156,000. The airport’s runways measures 75 meters in width (including the 45m structural width and 15m shoulders) and 3635 meters in length.

Airlines:

The following airlines have regular flights to Auckland Airport:

What to see:

Events

  • Auckland Heritage Festival – A two-week festival offering a variety of events encompassing art, architecture, fashion, music, ecology and sociology.
  • Auckland Art Fair - New Zealand's premier contemporary art event taking place at the the Viaduct Harbour.
  • Auckland Lantern Festival – The Lantern Festival celebrates Chinese New Year with hundreds of beautiful lanterns as well as entertainment, crafts, fortune-telling, fireworks, martial arts displays, and the ever-popular food street.
  • Big Day Out  – A premier music festival in New Zealand since 1994, attracting some of the biggest names in music to Mt Smart Stadium
  • Matariki Festival – The Matariki Festival celebrates the Maori New Year with concerts, tree plantings, art exhibitions, workshops, performances and more.
  • Diwali Festival of Lights – Diwali is an Indian event, attracting thousands of visitors to the central city with its high energy, colour and authenticity.

Accommodation

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General Information

The city of Auckland is known as the “City of Sails”. This name was coined to denote the area for hundreds of sails from Yachts were seen in its harbour. Auckland has positive aspects such as its mild climate, abundance of employment and educational opportunities, and numerous leisure facilities. This city is also a region where sports form an integral part of the citizen’s daily life. “Rugby” and “Cricket” are the two most popular sports in the area. Auckland is has a number of rugby union and playing grounds for cricket. These sports venues were also used for accommodating other kinds of sport events. Aside from the remarkable places and venues for leisure activities, Auckland boasts a number of famous infrastructures. The State Highway network connects every place within the city. The Auckland Harbour Bridge connects Auckland to the North Shore City. This bridge is also considered as a major traffic bottleneck. Landmarks were also found within the center. Among the most famous was the Auckland Domain, the volcanic cone of Mount Eden with a remarkable grassy crater, the volcanic cone of Mount Victoria in the North Shore City, and the Waiheke Island where beautiful beaches are located. Transportation in Auckland are abundant making travel more accessible and exciting.

Weather

The weather in Auckland has warm, humid summers and mild damp winters, basically a warm-temperate continental climate. This city is the warmest main center in New Zealand and is one of the sunniest with an approximate 2060 hours of sunlight per annum.

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