Ford, 76, his actress wife Calista Flockhart, and their son Liam Flockhart were tonight enjoying hospitality in Air New Zealand's Koru lounge in Queenstown before boarding a flight to Auckland.
There were no special privileges for the man famous for his roles as Han Solo in Star Wars and as Indiana Jones, and whose net worth is estimated to be $340 million. Apart from being escorted on to the flight as the last passengers, they were sitting in row 17 on the full flight.
The Air New Zealand flight was running about 30 minutes late but the first officer promised to "keep pedalling the Millennium Falcon as fast as we can", referring to Han Solo's famous battle-hardened spaceship.
After the flight landed in Auckland, Ford and his family were escorted out of the Jetstar exit and left in a SkyCare van.
The Herald has been told the party are expected to fly out of New Zealand tonight.
Ford holds a pilot's license, and was once hurt when he crashed a World War II-era plane on to a golf course near Santa Monica, California, in 2015.
He also escaped sanction from federal investigators in 2017 after he flew a small plane over a passenger jet at John Wayne Airport in Southern California.
One of Hollywood's most private actors, he married Flockhart in 2010. The 54-year-old actress is known for her title role in TV series Ally McBeal.
Ford is one of the industry's enduring and most successful stars. Five of his films are among the top-30 box office records in the United States. As well as his leading roles in Indiana Jones Star Wars, and Air Force One, he played Rick Deckard in the sci-fi blockbuster Bladerunner and its sequel, and lead roles in action films Patriot Games and The Fugitive.
While filming the most recent Star Wars feature, The Force Awakens, he broke his leg when it was struck by a metal door on the set of the Millenium Falcon spaceship. The production company behind the film was fined $3.1 million for the blunder.
