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Christchurch International Airport

-43.48940°N
172.53200°W
ARR / DAY
106
▼ 5.2%
DEP / DAY
104
▼ 4.4%
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 106 arrivals and 104 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 4 carriers across 22 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 360 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 40 total

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Go-arounds
1
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
39
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

17h ago
Temp
43°F
Wind
6 kts
20°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
NZCH 031630Z AUTO 02006KT 9999 FEW007/// 06/06 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

Schedule vs actual
14m 5a 20m 6a 38m 7a 36m 8a 22m 9a 23m 10a 34m 11a 6m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

35 total
TOP 9 1,235
AIR NEW Zealand 65% Jetstar Airways Pty. 13% ZKL 6% Qantas Airways 5% ZKE 4% Airwork Holdings 3% ZKJ 2% FDC 2% Singapore Airlines 2%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 289
WLG 158
DUD 64
NSN 62
IVC 58
SYD 52

Carriers

See all + destinations → 35
AIR NEW Zealand
798
Jetstar Airways Pty.
156
ZKL
71
Qantas Airways
63
ZKE
55
Airwork Holdings
31
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ZKJ
22
FDC
20
Singapore Airlines
19
Emirates
16
TNZ
12
ZKV
10
OGN
9
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
8
ZKM
8
AIR Pacific
6
Skycharter (malton)
6
PHA
5
ZKW
4
AIR Transport (chatham Islands)
4
Methow Aviation
3
Tasman Cargo Airlines PTY
3
ZKX
3
ZKP
3
KNG
3
ZKN
3
Aerial Surveys (1980)
3
ZKF
3
LFT
2
ZKR
2
ZKZ
2
ZKA
2
ZKS
2
Massey University School OF Aviation
2
ZKY
1

Destination network

Great-circle routes from NZCH · last 7d

18 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 1 PM · 1 movement every 360 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 154 1h 19m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 135 0h 55m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 88 1h 15m
CHCDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 61 0h 54m
CHCIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 58 1h 14m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 56 0h 45m
CHCZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 39 0h 56m
CHCPMR
 AIR NEW Zealand 38 1h 13m
CHCNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 32 1h 27m
CHCTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 31 1h 49m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 28 3h 13m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 28 1h 27m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 23 0h 44m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Airwork Holdings 21 1h 22m
CHCNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 20 1h 28m
CHCROT
Rotorua, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 13 1h 43m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 AIR NEW Zealand 12 3h 11m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 TNZ 12 1h 29m
CHCHKK
 AIR NEW Zealand 12 0h 32m
CHCMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 11 3h 28m
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