--- title: "NZ De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 seat map and routes" description: "Air New Zealand (NZ) flies the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 on 46 nonstop routes across 17 airports in 2LNR's schedule data. Routes, not a cabin diagram." canonical: "https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/nz/dash-8-300" url: "https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/nz/dash-8-300.md" date_modified: "2026-10-22T14:17:27Z" --- # Air New Zealand De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 seat maps and routes Air New Zealand (NZ) schedules the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 on 46 nonstop routes reaching 17 airports, including Wellington to Nelson, Nelson to Wellington, and Nelson to Auckland. This page lists those routes; the cabin itself is a live read on a specific flight rather than a stored drawing. Updated October 22, 2026. [Get started free](https://2lnr.com/login) [The whole NZ fleet](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/nz.md) 46 Nonstop routes 17 Airports served 320 mi Longest route Per flight How the live map reads ## There is no cabin diagram on this page 2LNR doesn't publish stored seat diagrams or per-seat comfort ratings, for this aircraft or any other, and it won't invent them. What it has is the live seat map for a specific NZ flight and date, read at the moment you ask, on Pro. That's a different thing from a drawing of the type, and it's the only version that survives an aircraft swap. If a diagram is what you came for, a maintained library such as [AeroLOPA](https://www.aerolopa.com/) is the right tool. ## What's on this page Every nonstop route Air New Zealand currently schedules the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 on, taken from the flight schedules 2LNR collects continuously. The aircraft is a De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300, a turboprop. NZ files it as DH3 in its schedules; those spellings are treated as one aircraft here rather than as separate types. The longest of those routes is [Christchurch (CHC) to New Plymouth (NPL)](https://2lnr.com/routes/chc-npl.md), about 320 miles. The median route runs about 190 miles, so most of this aircraft's flying is a good deal shorter than its longest leg. Distances are great-circle between the two airports, rounded to the nearest ten, rather than the track a flight files. ## Where NZ flies the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 46 nonstop routes across 17 airports, grouped by departure city. A route appears here when NZ has scheduled this aircraft on it. On 9 of these 46 routes, the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 is the only aircraft type NZ schedules in 2LNR's schedule data. ### Auckland (AKL) - [Auckland (AKL) to Blenheim (BHE)](https://2lnr.com/routes/akl-bhe.md) - [Auckland (AKL) to Gisborne (GIS)](https://2lnr.com/routes/akl-gis.md) - [Auckland (AKL) to Kerikeri (KKE)](https://2lnr.com/routes/akl-kke.md) - [Auckland (AKL) to Napier (NPE)](https://2lnr.com/routes/akl-npe.md) - [Auckland (AKL) to Nelson (NSN)](https://2lnr.com/routes/akl-nsn.md) - [Auckland (AKL) to New Plymouth (NPL)](https://2lnr.com/routes/akl-npl.md) - [Auckland (AKL) to Palmerston North (PMR)](https://2lnr.com/routes/akl-pmr.md) - [Auckland (AKL) to Taupo (TUO)](https://2lnr.com/routes/akl-tuo.md) - [Auckland (AKL) to Tauranga (TRG)](https://2lnr.com/routes/akl-trg.md) - [Auckland (AKL) to Whangarei (WRE)](https://2lnr.com/routes/akl-wre.md) ### Blenheim (BHE) - [Blenheim (BHE) to Auckland (AKL)](https://2lnr.com/routes/bhe-akl.md) - [Blenheim (BHE) to Wellington (WLG)](https://2lnr.com/routes/bhe-wlg.md) ### Christchurch (CHC) - [Christchurch (CHC) to HKK](https://2lnr.com/routes/chc-hkk.md) - [Christchurch (CHC) to Invercargill (IVC)](https://2lnr.com/routes/chc-ivc.md) - [Christchurch (CHC) to Nelson (NSN)](https://2lnr.com/routes/chc-nsn.md) - [Christchurch (CHC) to New Plymouth (NPL)](https://2lnr.com/routes/chc-npl.md) - [Christchurch (CHC) to Wellington (WLG)](https://2lnr.com/routes/chc-wlg.md) ### Gisborne (GIS) - [Gisborne (GIS) to Auckland (AKL)](https://2lnr.com/routes/gis-akl.md) - [Gisborne (GIS) to Wellington (WLG)](https://2lnr.com/routes/gis-wlg.md) ### HKK - [HKK to Christchurch (CHC)](https://2lnr.com/routes/hkk-chc.md) ### Invercargill (IVC) - [Invercargill (IVC) to Christchurch (CHC)](https://2lnr.com/routes/ivc-chc.md) ### Kerikeri (KKE) - [Kerikeri (KKE) to Auckland (AKL)](https://2lnr.com/routes/kke-akl.md) ### Napier (NPE) - [Napier (NPE) to Auckland (AKL)](https://2lnr.com/routes/npe-akl.md) - [Napier (NPE) to Wellington (WLG)](https://2lnr.com/routes/npe-wlg.md) ### Nelson (NSN) - [Nelson (NSN) to Auckland (AKL)](https://2lnr.com/routes/nsn-akl.md) - [Nelson (NSN) to Christchurch (CHC)](https://2lnr.com/routes/nsn-chc.md) - [Nelson (NSN) to Wellington (WLG)](https://2lnr.com/routes/nsn-wlg.md) ### New Plymouth (NPL) - [New Plymouth (NPL) to Auckland (AKL)](https://2lnr.com/routes/npl-akl.md) - [New Plymouth (NPL) to Christchurch (CHC)](https://2lnr.com/routes/npl-chc.md) - [New Plymouth (NPL) to Wellington (WLG)](https://2lnr.com/routes/npl-wlg.md) ### Palmerston North (PMR) - [Palmerston North (PMR) to Auckland (AKL)](https://2lnr.com/routes/pmr-akl.md) ### Rotorua (ROT) - [Rotorua (ROT) to Wellington (WLG)](https://2lnr.com/routes/rot-wlg.md) ### Taupo (TUO) - [Taupo (TUO) to Auckland (AKL)](https://2lnr.com/routes/tuo-akl.md) ### Tauranga (TRG) - [Tauranga (TRG) to Auckland (AKL)](https://2lnr.com/routes/trg-akl.md) - [Tauranga (TRG) to Wellington (WLG)](https://2lnr.com/routes/trg-wlg.md) ### Timaru (TIU) - [Timaru (TIU) to Wellington (WLG)](https://2lnr.com/routes/tiu-wlg.md) ### Wellington (WLG) - [Wellington (WLG) to Blenheim (BHE)](https://2lnr.com/routes/wlg-bhe.md) - [Wellington (WLG) to Christchurch (CHC)](https://2lnr.com/routes/wlg-chc.md) - [Wellington (WLG) to Gisborne (GIS)](https://2lnr.com/routes/wlg-gis.md) - [Wellington (WLG) to Napier (NPE)](https://2lnr.com/routes/wlg-npe.md) - [Wellington (WLG) to Nelson (NSN)](https://2lnr.com/routes/wlg-nsn.md) - [Wellington (WLG) to New Plymouth (NPL)](https://2lnr.com/routes/wlg-npl.md) - [Wellington (WLG) to Rotorua (ROT)](https://2lnr.com/routes/wlg-rot.md) - [Wellington (WLG) to Tauranga (TRG)](https://2lnr.com/routes/wlg-trg.md) - [Wellington (WLG) to Timaru (TIU)](https://2lnr.com/routes/wlg-tiu.md) ### Whangarei (WRE) - [Whangarei (WRE) to Auckland (AKL)](https://2lnr.com/routes/wre-akl.md) ## Other NZ aircraft - [Airbus A320neo](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/nz/a320neo.md) - [ATR 72](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/nz/atr-72.md) - [Airbus A321neo family](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/nz/a321neo.md) - [Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/nz/787-9.md) - [Boeing 777-300ER](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/nz/777-300er.md) ## Other airlines flying the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 - [Widerøe (WF)](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/wf/dash-8-300.md) ## Related - [The whole Air New Zealand fleet](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/nz.md) - [Where NZ flies: the Air New Zealand route map](https://2lnr.com/routes/airlines/nz.md) - [How to read an airline seat map](https://2lnr.com/guides/airline-seat-maps.md) - [What replaced SeatGuru](https://2lnr.com/compare/seatguru.md) ## Frequently asked questions about the NZ De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 **Where does Air New Zealand fly the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300?** On 46 nonstop routes touching 17 airports in 2LNR's schedule data, Wellington to Nelson, Nelson to Wellington, and Nelson to Auckland among the busiest. The full list is on this page, grouped by departure city, and each route opens that city pair's own page. Schedules move seasonally, so this reflects what NZ currently has filed rather than a permanent assignment. **Can I see the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 seat map for a specific NZ flight?** Yes, on Pro, and it is the live map for the specific flight and date rather than a drawing of the type. 2LNR scores the open seats inside your cabin, marks paid seats as paid, and can keep watching for a better one. That is deliberately different from a static Air New Zealand De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 diagram, which cannot tell you whether 12A is free or whether the aircraft was swapped. **Is the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 the only aircraft on these NZ routes?** No. A route appears here when NZ has scheduled the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 on it, and most routes see more than one aircraft type across a season or even a day. That is exactly why 2LNR reads the map per flight: the honest answer to which cabin you will get is a per-departure answer, not a per-route one. **Does 2LNR have seat ratings for the Air New Zealand De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300?** Not as a published library of per-seat comfort ratings for the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300, and this page will not invent them. What 2LNR scores is the seats actually open in your cabin on your NZ flight, so the answer is a seat you can select rather than a general opinion about a row. For browsing a De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 cabin layout on an aircraft you have not booked, a maintained diagram library such as AeroLOPA remains the better tool. **How far does the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 fly for NZ?** The longest of the 46 routes NZ schedules it on is Christchurch (CHC) to New Plymouth (NPL), about 320 miles measured great-circle between the two airports rather than as flown track miles. The median route on this aircraft runs about 190 miles, so the long one is the exception rather than the pattern. Range on the day depends on load, winds and the specific variant, so treat this as the shape of the flying rather than as a capability figure. ## See the seats on your NZ flight Free to start. Pro adds the live per-flight seat map and seat monitoring. [Get started free](https://2lnr.com/login) [See pricing](https://2lnr.com/pricing.md)