{"id":596644,"date":"2026-09-11T01:50:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T01:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/596644\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T01:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T01:50:14","slug":"delays-at-auckland-airport-after-domestic-terminal-evacuated-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/596644\/","title":{"rendered":"Delays at Auckland Airport after domestic terminal evacuated"},"content":{"rendered":"

Auckland Airport is warning of travel delays across its domestic network this morning after the terminal was earlier evacuated due to an electrical burning smell. <\/p>\n

Images sent to 1News show queues of travellers outside the terminal, with emergency services including police and Fire and Emergency New Zealand also visible at the scene. <\/p>\n

Jesse F sent 1News video footage of crowds gathered inside and outside the terminal after a sprinkler alarm was activated earlier. (Source: Supplied)<\/p>\n

A FENZ spokesperson told 1News crews were called to the smell of electrical burning. <\/p>\n

In a statement, an Auckland Airport spokesperson said the domestic terminal was evacuated this morning following the activation of sprinkler sensors. <\/p>\n

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Huge queues pictured outside Auckland Airport’s domestic terminal this morning. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

“Airport Emergency Services and Fire and Emergency New Zealand responded, the alarm has since been silenced and the terminal has been cleared for staff and passenger re-entry. <\/p>\n

“As operations return to normal, the terminal will be busy, and some arriving and departing flights may be delayed. Passengers should contact their airline for further details of flight impacts,” a spokesperson said. <\/p>\n

\"Images<\/p>\n

Images sent to 1News show queues of travellers inside the domestic terminal. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

“We thank travellers for their patience and cooperation.”<\/p>\n

According to Auckland Airport’s departures website, many of the domestic flights which were due to take off between 6am and 7am have been delayed. <\/p>\n

A member of the public, Jesse F, sent 1News video footage of the scenes inside and outside the terminal, saying it was “still chaos”. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Auckland Airport is warning of travel delays across its domestic network this morning after the terminal was earlier…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-596644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-auckland","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}