Sounds Air Flight 390 from Nelson to Wellington

 

My flight from Nelson back to Wellington on 8 September 2025 in Sounds Air's Cessna 208 Grand Caravan ZK-SAA

Airborne off Runway 02 at Nelson looking over the mudflats to Rabbit Island

Looking out the other side over Nelson

The Northern end of the Boulder Bank and looking north to Ataata Point and Pepin Island

Out the other side again... the Port of Nelson

And the Nelson CBD

Ataata Point and Pepin Island

Pelorus Sound coming into view coming from left and going left... Mahau Sound in the centre and Kenepuru Sound going out to the right

The Grove Arm of Queen Charlotte Sound... Anakiwa, famed for Outward Bound, on the left

Waikawa Bay - just to the north-east of Picton

The Port of Picton

Queen Charlotte Sound

Tory Channel and the entrance to Cook Strait coming up

Perano Head, part of Arapaoa Island

Crossing the lower North Island with the spectacular wind farms

Looking up the Hutt motorway

Some of the Wellington CBD

Interislander

Finals for Runway 16 at Wellington

Thanks to Johnny and Cessna 208 Grand Caravan ZK-SAA for a great flight