Auckland-Queenstown flight NZ619 Mt. Taranaki, Farewell Spit, Kawarau River Gorge descent 2019-12-10

On a sunny early summer day in late 2019, a domestic Air New Zealand Airbus 320 flight takes off from Auckland International Airport (AKL) toward the Tasman Sea for the four-season resort city of Queenstown in southern South Island. View includes Manukau Harbour, Tasman Sea, Mount Taranaki, Farewell Spit, Abel Tasman National Park, and Lake Dunstan before commencing the Kawarau Gorge descent for landing on runway 23 at Queenstown (ZQN).

0:01 Boarding flight NZ619 at Gate 31, Auckland International Airport
0:38 Flight attendant flight preparation announcement
2:30 Pushback & flight safety announcement soundtrack
6:24 Taxiing begins
6:45 Entering Auckland International Airport taxiway A
8:15 Entering taxiway A2
8:55 Takeoff run begins from taxiway A2 intersection on AKL runway 23L
9:50 Manukau Harbour
11:55 In-flight service announcement
12:00 Clarks Beach
12:30 Waiuku River
13:15 Waiuku (town)
14:35 Mouth of Waikato River (longest river in New Zealand)
15:03 Port Waikato
18:10 Aotea Harbour, Waikato
18:25 Kawhia Harbour, Waikato
18:50 Albatross Point
19:15 North Taranaki Bight
19:25 New Plymouth, Taranaki
20:35 Ōakura, Taranaki
21:00 Mt. Taranaki / Mt. Egmont (2,518m / 8,261 ft) - Third highest peak on North Island
22:45 Cape Egmont
24:00 Ōpunake, Taranaki
24:20 South Taranaki Bight, North Island
24:50 Cook Strait
25:00 Farewell Spit / Tuhuroa, South Island
25:45 Golden Bay - Mohua
26:20 Wainui Bay, Tasman Region
27:05 Abel Tasman National Park
27:20 Tasman Bay
27:35 Nelson / Whakatū
28:00 Marlborough Region / Te Tauihu-o-te-waka / Tauihu
33:40 Lake Rotorua (Canterbury)
33:50 Traverse Range
35:25 Murchison, Tasman Region
37:35 Cockpit descent-from-cruising-flight announcement
40:10 Otago region
40:20 Cabin descent announcement
45:40 Clutha River / Mata - Au
45:50 Lake Dunstan (created in 1993)
46:10 Initial approach ATKIL at 10,000 ft
47:20 Mt. Pisa (1,963m / 6,440 ft)
51:05 Approach fix ATVUP at 6,700 ft
51:15 Mt. Michael (1,163m / 3,816 ft)
51:20 Cromwell, Otago
52:05 Mt. Difficulty (1,285 / 4,216 ft)
52:30 State Highway 6 through Kawarau Gorge
52:35 Victoria Bridge
52:53 Approach fix QN760 at 5,100 ft
53:05 Mt. Mason (1,020m / 3,346 ft)
53:15 Mt. Rosa (1,322m / 4,337 ft)
53:20 Approach fix QN755 at 4,200 ft
54:05 Approach fix LARAV at 3,300 ft
54:40 The Remarkables (2,319m / 7,608 ft)
54:50 Chard Road, Gibbston
55:00 Frankton Arm, Lake Wakatipu from final approach
55:45 Approach fix QN741 at 2,190 ft
56:15 Rastus Burn
56:55 Approach fix QN725 at 1,391 ft
57:25 Runway 23 threshold & touchdown
57:42 The Remarkables from Queenstown Airport
57:50 peninsula Hill (834m / 2,736 ft)
58:35 Frankton Arm, Lake Wakatipu from Queenstown Airport
1:02:50 Deplaning

All tracking data of this flight:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ANZ619/history/20191209/2155Z/NZAA/NZQN

Queenstown RNAV approach chart:
http://www.aip.net.nz/pdf/NZQN_45.1_45.2.pdf

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