The Chilean airline dream-liner landed at 5am with around 60 passengers on board.
With commercial services between New Zealand and South America now suspended, the government-chartered flight provided the only chance for Kiwis to return home.
Auckland Airport says they have the same number of behind-the-scenes, essential operational staff on the ground as usual, to keep the terminals running and the airfield safe.
There have been 30 repatriation flights since the one from Wuhan on Waitangi Day, with a few more still to come.