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Anzac Day Flypasts 2023

Some of our Squadrons will conduct flypasts on April 25th to commemorate Anzac Day. See the schedule below to see if they'll be flying near you. Multiple flights will be occurring at the same time.

All the flights are subject to weather conditions.

24 April, 2023

NH90 and A109 helicopter (No. 3 Squadron)

0605 Wellington Pukeahu National War Memorial
0608 Eastbourne RSA
0610 Lower Hutt RSA & Bulls War Memorial, High Street
0612 Stokes Valley RSA
0615 Upper Hutt RSA
0618 Te Marua RSA
0620 Levin
0621 Featherston RSA
0624 Greytown RSA
0626 Carterton RSA
0630  Masterton RSA
0645 Soldiers Memorial, The Square, Palmerston North
0639 Eketahuna RSA
0646 Pahiatua
0655 Dannevirke RSA
0705 Ashurst RSA
0715 Apiti RSA
0930 Hunterville RSA
1018 Eltham RSA
1022 Stratford RSA
1030 New Plymouth War Memorial Cenotaph & Inglewood RSA
1032 Egmont Village
1035 New Plymouth RSA
1038 Oakura RSA
1040 Okato
1048 Opunake RSA
1054 Manaia RSA
1058 Hawera RSA
1103 Patea RSA
1107 Waverly RSA
1114 Kai Iwi Beach
1118 Whanganui RSA
1121 Fordell
1125 Marton RSA

 C-130H(NZ) Hercules aircraft (No. 40 Squadron)

0550 Whakatane
0628 Auckland Domain
0645 Mangawhai
0645-9000 TBC Whitianga
0645-9000 TBC Pauanui
0645-9000 TBC Whangamata
0645-9000 TBC Tauranga
0845 Awhitu Central
0900 Greenhithe
0920 Swanson
1000 Kerikeri
1015 Whangarei
1145 Henderson

T-6C Texan aircraft (No. 14 Squadron)

 South Island
1200 Seymour Square, Blenheim
1305 Picton RSA
 North Island
1000 Soldiers Memorial, The Square, Palmerston North
1100 Waikanae Memorial Hall
1316 Porirua RSA
1321 Waikanae RSA
1325 Otaki RSA
1327 Levin RSA
1329 Foxpine

Seasprite helicopter (No. 6 Squadron)

0530 Kerikeri (from Base Auckland / Whenuapai)

Harvard and Spitfire aircraft (Air Force Heritage Flight of New Zealand)

For updates check out the Air Force Heritage Flight of New Zealand Facebook page(external link)

0936 Sanson
0937 Rongotea
0939 Tangimoana (School)
0941 Himitangi Beach
0942 Foxton Beach (Beach)
0943 Foxton
0945 Waitarere Beach
0946 Hoiko Beach
0947 Waikawa Beach
0948 Otaki Beach
0949  Te Horo Beach
0950 Te Horo
0951  Otaki
0954  Levin
0956  Shannon
0957  Tokomaru
0959  Linton
1000  Palmerston North
1003 Ashhurst 
1004  Woodville
1015  Waipukarau
1016  Waipawa
1017  Otane
1021  Takapau
1023 Norsewood 
1024 Makotuku
1026 Dannevirke & Sanson
1029 Kumeroa & Rongotea
1031 Mangatainoka
1032 Pahiatua
1032 Mangamutu
1034 Himitangi Beach
1035 Papatawa
1036 Foxton Beach
1038 Pohangina & Foxton
1040 Kimbolton
1042 Apiti & Shannon
1045 Mangaweka & Levin
1048 Manakau
1049 Hunterville
1051 Otaki
1052 Te Horo Beach
1055 Aramoho & Waikanae
1056 Whanganui
1057 Paraparaumu
1058 Fordell
1101 Marton
1103 Halcombe
1104 Upper Hutt
1105 Feilding
 1110  Featherston
 1114  Greytown
 1116  Carterton
1119   Masterton
 1500  Masterton
 1510  Ekatahuna
1516 Paihiatua
1520 Woodville
1523 Ashhurst
1528 Feilding
1530 Halcombe
1534 Marton

Learn more about Anzac Day

Anzac Day, 25 April, is New Zealand's most important day of national commemoration. It marks the anniversary of the first major action by New Zealand and Australian forces during the First World War, landing on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.

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