Auckland International Airport - NEW LAYOUT

Auckland International Airport has opened its new passenger drop off/pick up area (April 2024). We take a drive through and look at the new layout. It's a bit chaotic because it has only just opened and there is still plenty of construction going on but there is now a lot more room to drop or collect your passengers kerbside. We also take a drive past the rental car return.
00:00 Intro
00:22 Entry
02:27 Drop Off
07:55 Parking
08:21 Rental Return
09:04 Hotel Entry

[@miiona-ariki5986]

Thank you soo much for the tour you made everything look easier to follow I was gonna drive to the airport to familiarise myself with the new airport layout for pick up and drop off area before I actually do a pick later on but now dont need to as you have done that for everyone so thank you soso much for your video very much appreciated 🙏🙏.

[@petelosuaniu]

One lane into the pick-up and drop-off zone is ridiculous. Should be two lanes. It’s going to be traffic chaos funnelling all those cars into there. And it’s still a 50 metre walk to the terminal from the pick-up and drop-off zone. In civilised first-world countries it’s right outside the bloody terminal.

[@Avantime]

The old zone was outside the terminal.......

[@unan-bodin]

Did they considered the senior citizen to walk that 50m?????

[@karensayer3089]

Just the queue before getting anywhere close enough,makes my hackles rise.

[@wekiwisdofly85]

Us staff who work there hate where the new park and ride bus stop is now. You gotta walk for ages to the terminal now!

[@kiwibelt]

Seriously? It’s like a 2 minute walk!

[@wekiwisdofly85]

@kiwibelt yeah you really think we like running for the bus when we see it there and majority of the time the bus takes off just as we get near the bus

[@amandatomasoa8444]

Thank you for doing this video. Appreciated. 👍🏼

[@garthf9609]

It looks a poor design to me, single transit lane and parking lanes not wide enough to fully open the car doors. Good luck with that on a busy holiday day its already struggling by the look of it..

[@Kumara3]

New Zealand is awkward af

[@Vakda]

plenty of room to open the doors, people are just lazy and park too far from the curb.

[@leitulaveauele7375]

You need to lose weight then 😂

[@stacekane4065]

Thanks for the heads up 👍🏽

[@flowers637]

Great video, thank you this helps me big time going to the airport.

[@heatherb3695]

Having to go right round again to get into the short term parking is ridiculous - hopefully that's just temporary?

[@Yviebb]

Thank you for the informative video! Very useful

[@Ennui629]

Thanks for the video. Explains a lot

[@viliamutaulagi351]

Thank you for sharing 👏👏👏

[@rogerbrown5558]

I thought the old one was chaotic, this one just looks like a covered version of the old one. But there again, they don't want us to drive to the airport.

[@robertthomson1587]

I landed there last week, coming from Sydney. It was an underwhelming experience: 45 minutes to get the luggage onto the belts, and then another 20 minutes to walk to the taxi rank. Z grade airport.

[@Sujowi]

Yes, it continues to be embarrassing! Sorry. Domestic is an even bigger joke but you will survive it and end up in a lovely provincial airport that we are proud of. Any number of those!

[@kiwibelt]

Like Sydney airport is any better? What a dump.

[@robertthomson1587]

At Sydney airport the luggage is generally delivered to the belts within 10-15 minutes. The taxi rank is right outside the arrivals hall. Not that I need to use a taxi. I catch the train home from the station underneath the airport at a cost of $15. That's a piece of basic public infrastructure that's spectacularly absent at Auckland airport, where a taxi into town via the traffic-clogged motorway costs $100. Sydney airport is orders of magnitude better than Auckland airport.

[@peterschulte9847]

I have had the unfortunate experience as a mobility challenged elderly person. Why inflict the long walks from this hub to the terminal without offering transportation for disabled? Schocking

[@rikiwikeepa4684]

Yep dead right absolutely shit service

[@unan-bodin]

Poor planning??????

[@MsHGH1]

I agree! I only have minor mobility issues but it's enough to make the much longer walk from the short-term car park to the terminal really very difficult - and unless it's been put in since, there are no seats to rest on along the way or a travelator to help. I was nearly in tears walking it last time, so I'd hate to be someone with serious mobility issues, elderly, injured, or simply with a lot of luggage.

[@valerieselau7384]

That's so cool. What a change. 😮😊

[@Ruta14337]

Thank you 😊 👍

[@erictuilaepa7506]

Dayum changed alot since I left in 2012

[@michelleabsolum2411]

Ty thats very helpful

[@Lia_T]

The old pick ip drop off area had 2 lanes, so this one lane system increases congestion. It has the bonus of being covered. The walk is not that much more than it was before. But to manouver out of the car in the width provided isn't that practical, especially when you have luggage on your back seat to get out, children, or need mobility aids. That's even when parked up to the curb. It doesn't feel safe to get out of your vehicle unless you are on the curbside when you have these additional issues. The queue time to get through due to congestion was awful.

[@siNaaFa2]

Yes been there twice and this new development is far from o awesome alot spacious and easier to park and depart!

[@susannelangridge4206]

You need more than one lane

[@brendonferris5637]

Looks like it was designed by the same people who did the southern motor way .

[@stefanocataloni9278]

Whose smart idea was it to make the public entry/passage a single lane?

[@anthonyvero4648]

Are you paying for it?

[@stefanocataloni9278]

​@@anthonyvero4648I don't think an additional lane would've added much to the complex's total cost of $300+ million. Time will soon tell whether that queue upon entry will diminish.

[@otluse73]

Hawaii is similar and they have more traffic and thoroughfare

[@sunmarty]

Hope no traffic jam out pick up and drop off area like Christchurch Airport did during peak time

[@allananderson949]

The whole thing from start to finish is only one lane. Not just the entry

[@aroncranston1795]

Clouds dark on the back ground Satan is definitely doing a quiet cream pie

[@clairewolfgramm1686]

So you drop grandma off in her wheelchair give her her suitcase and carryon…..give the chair a shove and say good luck wheeling your self to the terminal

[@nataliebotha8837]

That is great, thanks for sharing. Don't want to sound negative, but this is typical of Auckland transport. How many aircraft take off and land in an hour, and there is only one lane in and one lane out!! It's a case, let's build something and then discuss what we can do, to make it work.

[@haydonditchburn2194]

And next week, there'll be more alterations to the alterations. The airport has been undergoing constant construction changes ever since it opened in the 60's.. Seems like planning ahead wasn't considered previously, and still hasn't been. Much like the Harbour Bridge..

[@JLPNZ]

Looks horrific, single lane entry and exit and look at how small they are! This is going to turn into a traffic congestion hell

[@donrobinson6613]

The Nanny state looks like things have gone from bad to worse in 10 years.

[@moekontze116]

That bus went really fast, man dangerous, it is the airport drive through, not motorway!!!

[@bFORCe2003]

That carpark has been under construction for years if not a decade. Cant remember the time there were no cones or construction there. Also, It looks like its just the same pick up/drop off area as before or is it where there used to be a car park just over from the original pick up/drop off? I think that was the original E car park before they moved it back where it is now.

[@user-gk9wn4bz2p]

What for us cant even house the tangata whenua from here

[@karensayer3089]

Short term parking too far from terminal and no covered walk way.

[@cva9928]

So useful guide. But I have to agree that the layout is a bit rubbish but also, I think you gotta work with what you have right? Quite a significant improvement though.

[@bierstick]

Very similar to WLG. Same designer/ contractor?

[@davidharbott312]

Thats great but where's the light rail or rail going to the airport

[@alexn6060]

Last government fumbled the opportunity, new government wants to take us back to the 1950's and build only roads.

[@rp7784]

Cancelled.

[@nathanbedford3443]

​@@rp7784typical. I guess we can't have nice things

[@brendonferris5637]

Puhinui

[@dawnferris9611]

....its any wonder i hate travelling😅

[@davidcampbell3642]

Absolute shambles when busy.

[@kiwigirljacks]

Terrible redesign! Terminal is too far from short term parking if you have to wait for someone arriving or staying with someone before they fly out. Especially for those of us with mobility issues! And the single lanes to get to drop off/pickup are going to be a nightmare at busy times.. and it’s also further away as well. Why take away all that space in the middle there? Was bad enough when they took some of it away for that hotel, now the whole area is gone? What are they doing with it I wonder 🤔

[@TomKing-en7bf]

Design is ill-conceived Reminiscent of the movie "Dumb and Dumber," attempting to fix something that was not broken. The new drop-off area appears more constricted, and navigating to the parking lot requires an additional loop, exacerbating traffic congestion on the airport approach Road.

[@TheAllEngineering]

Auckland Airport goes out of its way to make it as inconvenient as possible for private motorists to pick up and drop off people so in that respect it is a success. In reality an epic fail yet again when we not have the options for public transport that Airports overseas have.

[@user-wg1ks9oe2v]

Clark kent

[@theotherwayofstopping4717]

The best thing about Auckland is its airport departure lounge - means you're getting away from the shithole!

[@HUAIREN666]

AVIOD AUCKLAND AIRPORT AT ALL COSTS !!! NOW WE FLY QUANTAS TO CHRIST CHURCH OR WELLINGTON. MAY TAKE A LITTLE LONGER BUT WELL WORTH IT !!!

[@davidcampbell3642]

Auckland Airport is a shambles.

[@rocarroll1533]

And in no time at all it will be out of date and inadequate,horse designed by a committee means camel

[@AteaSystems-hb6wd]

What a disaster! Single lane in for pick up / drop off.

[@mikefulcher6541]

Civil engineers recommend taking illicit drugs to come up with unworkable designs😹😹

[@cameronblackbourn5081]

Shuttle/taxi area is shocking, too small and far too far to walk for elderly or disabled.

[@tigertiger1699]

Sadly I have zero confidence in AIAL ability to provide a clever design…/ airport that works for its passenger customers..

[@mikee101]

A bit slow.. could've been a 3 minute vid

[@georgethomas7814]

Typical never going to make it easier....

[@Kiwi_Dave]

Covered car park, only 50 years late. NZAA is a dump.

[@user-gk9wn4bz2p]

Nvm migrating all ur nations maori didnt approve them to live on our land

[@georginasekone]

Looks like it's a lot worse than before who's the stupid idea

[@Sujowi]

Auckland Airport couldn’t design a teabag. One look at the awful domestic terminal is enough to tell anyone how useless they are. And their priorities are muddled - why are they continually fluffing with international? All those overseas visitors eventually get into the domestic terminal which is scruffier than most provincial airports due to underinvestment over decades.

[@WihiriaMark]

Stupidest design and layout Eva. You gotta walk a mile to catch a taxi. Taxi’s won’t take you short distances. Auckland used to be friendly and helpful. The layout in this airport is hard to find anything, you gotta walk too far after travelling eight hours on a flight. Disappointing.

[@stinkees696]

This airport is the worst 😞 bad design, indifferent staff, even the runways are rotten

[@shae_sterling]

I travel all around the world, and this is has got to be the most annoying, confusing, slow, long walking, silly layout ever. Who came up with this design and even worse, who approved it? The only thing i found slightly useful is the online prepaid parking system.

[@gordonwalker7964]

Same I feel Aucklands infrastructure, including its international and domestic airports, is backward compared to other cities around the world 🌎. It's embarrassing.

[@davidcampbell3642]

When I came to New Zealand, a Kiwi friend said to me that as long as you can handle living in a third-world banana republic, I'd be fine-he was correct, but you get used to it.

[@PhillipCorr-by3zl]

I am about to blow my brains out, so F boring, and the layout sucks. Did not expect anything new