59 locations across five regions, each checked against live AirShare airspace data - control zones, 4 km aerodrome buffers, restricted areas and VFR transit lanes. Every spot carries a seclusion, quiet and flying rating (all higher = better), plus the quietest time and days to go.
Isthmus parks and harbour reserves, 10-21 minutes from the CBD. Airspace is clean except Orakei Basin.
Bucklands Beach out to the Pohutukawa Coast. Clean airspace the whole way; two sites need a regional-park permit.
Hibiscus Coast, Mahurangi and Matakana. The North Shore is locked up by the control zone - the good flying starts north of Silverdale.
The Manukau Harbour side. The Waitakere Ranges and the Whenuapai control zone take out most of the west, so these are what's left.
Franklin. The airport control zone plus four aerodrome buffers cover the entire urban south, so everything legal is rural or coastal.