The Return Home ~ March 5, 2009

On Tacoma time, that means the journey
begins Wednesday, March 4 at 4:55 PM PST...

Invercargill Tacoma
Click the clocks for weather, telephone dialing codes, and more
 

Originally scheduled flight info ~ All times March 5 and local to the airport:

Leave Invercargill on Air NZ #5006 at 1:55 PM, arrive in Christchurch at 3:05 PM.
Leave Christchurch on Air NZ #532 at 4:30 PM, arrive in Auckland 5:50 PM.
Leave Auckland on Air NZ #8 at 7:30 PM, arrive at San Francisco at 10:30 AM
Leave San Francisco on United #820 at 1:50 PM, arrive in Seattle-Tacoma 4:01 PM...
 

Try out these links to live flight tracking:

The flights within New Zealand:

FlightStats provides updated information during these flights, including departure and arrival status, airport conditions, etc.

Invercargill to Christchurch ~ Christchurch to Auckland

Auckland to San Francisco:

On this leg of the journey, you get the information above and you will also see live tracking on a map when North American radar picks up the flight. This will show the plane's relative position and flight path, but not right away.

Flight Aware links show the current/latest flight, and will pick up the flight on radar just south of the equator. This happens at about 4-something in the morning Tacoma time. If you click on the Flight Aware link early and it's still showing information for an earlier flight #8, scroll to the bottom of the page and select the 6:40 PM March 5 flight.

FlightStats links customize to our specific flights, and do not pick up the flight for live tracking until it's almost to the North American mainland (about 30-45 minutes prior to arrival in San Francisco). On their page, keep an eye on the map as the link below it to live tracking may not appear right away. Once it does pick up the flight, their map interfaces with Google to provide zoom, pan, and your choice of street, satellite or hybrid maps.

Auckland to San Francisco:
Flight Aware Live Tracking ~ FlightStats Live Tracking

San Francisco to Seattle-Tacoma:

Unlike the Auckland to San Francisco flight above, you should see live tracking on both Flight Aware and FlightStats for this entire flight. Since this flight has an earlier leg from Mexico City to San Francisco, you may need to select the San Francisco to Seattle segment.

San Francisco to Seattle-Tacoma:
Flight Aware Live Tracking ~ FlightStats Live Tracking

 


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