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NZCH · CHC

Christchurch International Airport

-43.48940°N
172.53200°W
ARR / DAY
84
▼ 5.2%
DEP / DAY
84
▲ 0.7%
ON-TIME
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schedules pending
AVG DELAY
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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 84 arrivals and 84 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 4 carriers across 23 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 200 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
43°F
Wind
2 kts
80°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
NZCH 011330Z AUTO 08002KT 9999 NCD 06/03 Q1006

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 9 896
AIR NEW Zealand 61% Jetstar Airways Pty. 10% ZKL 8% Qantas Airways 6% ZKE 6% TNZ 3% ZKM 2% Airwork Holdings 2% PHA 2%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 195
WLG 114
DUD 50
SYD 46
NSN 45
PMR 43

Carriers

See all + destinations → 35
AIR NEW Zealand
543
Jetstar Airways Pty.
92
ZKL
73
Qantas Airways
55
ZKE
51
TNZ
26
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ZKM
22
Airwork Holdings
17
PHA
17
FDC
16
ZKJ
15
ZKV
15
Emirates
15
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
14
Singapore Airlines
14
Skycharter (Malton)
10
OGN
8
ZKZ
8
Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty
7
AIR Pacific
5
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
4
LFT
4
ZKS
3
ZKR
3
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
3
ZKX
3
ZKN
3
Royal NEW Zealand AIR Force
2
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
2
ZKA
2
ZKB
1
ZKF
1
Icelandair
1
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (Seattle
1
ZKP
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 200 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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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 98 1h 20m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 95 0h 56m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 51 1h 17m
CHCDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 45 0h 56m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 40 0h 50m
CHCIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 40 1h 16m
CHCPMR
 AIR NEW Zealand 29 1h 15m
CHCZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 28 0h 58m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 28 1h 29m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 23 3h 18m
CHCTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 20 1h 46m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 19 0h 43m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 TNZ 17 1h 29m
CHCNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 15 1h 28m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Airwork Holdings 11 1h 22m
CHCMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 11 3h 39m
CHCHKK
 AIR NEW Zealand 10 0h 33m
CHCNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 10 1h 30m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Emirates 9 3h 12m
CHCPMR
 TNZ 9 1h 4m
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