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NZCH · CHC

Christchurch International Airport

-43.48940°N
172.53200°W
ARR / DAY
88
▼ 22.8%
DEP / DAY
84
▼ 23.8%
ON-TIME
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schedules pending
AVG DELAY
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7d window

Christchurch International Airport (NZCH/CHC) is a large international airport located in Christchurch, New Zealand. It features 3 runways with the longest being 10,787 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 88 arrivals and 84 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 5 carriers across 25 routes. The most active carrier is AIR NEW Zealand (ANZ). The busiest route is to Auckland International Airport (NZAA). At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 171 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
1

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

44m ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
17 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
NZCH 250030Z AUTO 31017KT 9999 NCD 21/04 Q1016

Runways

3 installed

10,787 FT MAX
01/19
1,690 ft × 229
GRS○ unlit
02/20
10,787 ft × 148
ASP● LIT
11/29
5,587 ft × 148
BIT● LIT

Delays by hour

Avg minutes · local time · last 30 days

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Top carriers

Share of flights

35 total
TOP 9 938
AIR NEW Zealand 63% Jetstar Airways Pty. 8% ZKL 8% Qantas Airways 5% ZKE 4% FDC 3% Airwork Holdings 3% ZKJ 3% TNZ 2%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 209
WLG 115
NSN 53
PMR 42
ZQN 37
SYD 36

Carriers

See all + destinations → 35
AIR NEW Zealand
594
Jetstar Airways Pty.
77
ZKL
77
Qantas Airways
48
ZKE
39
FDC
30
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Airwork Holdings
28
ZKJ
24
TNZ
21
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
18
ZKM
17
Singapore Airlines
14
Emirates
13
PHA
8
OGN
6
ZKV
6
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
6
Skycharter (Malton)
6
LFT
6
AIR Pacific
5
Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty
5
ZKZ
5
ZKA
5
ZKN
5
ZKB
4
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
4
ZKS
4
ZKF
4
ZKX
2
Solomon Airlines
2
ZKK
2
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
2
ZKR
1
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (Seattle
1
Icelandair
1

Destination network

Great-circle routes from NZCH · last 7d

23 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 1 PM · 1 movement every 171 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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See all routes → 80 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 119 1h 19m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 103 0h 55m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 44 1h 16m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 44 0h 48m
CHCZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 37 0h 58m
CHCDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 35 0h 56m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 31 1h 29m
CHCPMR
 AIR NEW Zealand 29 1h 14m
CHCIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 23 1h 14m
CHCNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 20 1h 25m
CHCTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 20 1h 47m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 20 3h 11m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 TNZ 16 1h 33m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Airwork Holdings 14 1h 21m
CHCNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 11 1h 24m
CHCPMR
 Airwork Holdings 11 0h 53m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 10 0h 45m
CHCBNE
Brisbane, AU
 AIR NEW Zealand 10 3h 32m
CHCROT
Rotorua, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 10 1h 43m
CHCHKK
 AIR NEW Zealand 9 0h 36m
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