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NZCH · CHC

Christchurch International Airport

-43.48940°N
172.53200°W
ARR / DAY
86
▼ 21.8%
DEP / DAY
85
▼ 18.1%
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 86 arrivals and 85 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 180 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

1h ago
Temp
54°F
Wind
15 kts
40°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
NZCH 271430Z AUTO 04015KT 9999 OVC080/// 12/08 Q1010

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

Schedule vs actual
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Top carriers

Share of flights

35 total
TOP 9 927
AIR NEW Zealand 63% Jetstar Airways Pty. 10% ZKL 8% Qantas Airways 5% ZKE 5% FDC 3% ZKJ 2% TNZ 2% ZKM 2%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 214
WLG 109
NSN 54
SYD 44
DUD 41
ZQN 41

Carriers

See all + destinations → 35
AIR NEW Zealand
586
Jetstar Airways Pty.
89
ZKL
72
Qantas Airways
48
ZKE
46
FDC
29
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ZKJ
20
TNZ
19
ZKM
18
Emirates
17
Airwork Holdings
17
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
16
Singapore Airlines
15
PHA
11
ZKV
10
OGN
8
Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty
8
ZKZ
7
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
6
LFT
6
AIR Pacific
5
ZKN
5
ZKB
4
ZKA
4
ZKS
3
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
3
ZKF
3
ZKX
2
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
2
Solomon Airlines
2
Icelandair
2
ZKK
2
ZKR
1
Skycharter (Malton)
1
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (Seattle
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 180 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 122 1h 19m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 95 0h 55m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 52 1h 17m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 44 0h 48m
CHCDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 41 0h 55m
CHCZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 39 0h 57m
CHCIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 27 1h 13m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 25 1h 29m
CHCPMR
 AIR NEW Zealand 25 1h 13m
CHCTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 23 1h 47m
CHCNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 22 1h 26m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 22 3h 15m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 12 0h 45m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 TNZ 11 1h 35m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Emirates 11 3h 10m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Airwork Holdings 10 1h 20m
CHCHKK
 AIR NEW Zealand 9 0h 36m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 AIR NEW Zealand 9 3h 15m
CHCROT
Rotorua, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 9 1h 42m
CHCNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 9 1h 27m
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