GPS jamming in New Zealand today

Last updated: 9 November 2026, 04:51 UTC

New Zealand today: 27.2% of monitored areas are affected.

Nearby

Pages near New Zealand: Oceania, Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore.

Cities and airports

Latest data: flights on 8 November 2026. Source: GPSInterference.com.
Place	Share affected	Aircraft affected
Auckland (AKL)	3.8%	40 of 1,059
Queenstown (ZQN)	3.0%	8 of 266
Christchurch (CHC)	2.8%	14 of 506
Wellington (WLG)	1.7%	11 of 662

Aircraft within 100 km of each city that reported low GPS accuracy. A row opens the live map over that city.

By altitude

New Zealand: mostly low altitude, which points to local, low-power jammers. How this is read.

Aircraft observations by barometric altitude, latest update. Source: GPSInterference.com.
Altitude	Aircraft	Share affected
Below 5,000 ft	1,565	5.6%
5,000 to 15,000 ft	1,370	0.1%
15,000 to 30,000 ft	1,545	0.1%
Above 30,000 ft	492	0.0%

New Zealand: an aircraft is counted in each layer it crosses, so the rows do not add up.

Background

New Zealand prohibits jammers, including GPS jammers, under a Wireless Electronic Counter Measure notice that replaced its earlier radio jammer prohibition (Radio Spectrum Management). The Civil Aviation Authority asks pilots to report any GPS jamming they meet (Civil Aviation Authority). For the reporting on interference in New Zealand, and who it is attributed to, see Oceania.

Only hexagons whose centre lies inside the borders of New Zealand are counted, so hexagons in neighbouring countries and out at sea are left out. The map is framed on 47.4° S to 34.3° S and 166.4° E to 178.6° E.

New Zealand is counted under Oceania.

Most affected areas

Latest data: flights on 8 November 2026. Source: GPSInterference.com.
Place	Share affected	Aircraft affected
New Zealand	10.7%	3 of 28
Christchurch	10.4%	12 of 115

New Zealand: with few aircraft, one report can give a hexagon a high share; see the limitations.

Worst and best days on record

The worst day on record for New Zealand was 15 May 2026, when 48.7% of its monitored areas were affected (56 of 115).
The best day on record for New Zealand was 24 January 2026, when 4.6% of its monitored areas were affected (5 of 108).

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New Zealand: low reported accuracy points to interference but does not prove it, and the map cannot locate a transmitter or say who is responsible. How the map is made.

This page records reported GNSS interference events from publicly available sources. It makes no claim about the source, intent or attribution of any event. Place names and boundaries follow the underlying data provider and do not imply any position on sovereignty or territorial status.