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NZCH · CHC

Christchurch International Airport

-43.48940°N
172.53200°W
ARR / DAY
90
▼ 16.6%
DEP / DAY
89
▼ 12.4%
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 90 arrivals and 89 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 5 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 189 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
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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
66°F
Wind
11 kts
320°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
NZCH 280430Z AUTO 32011KT 290V350 9999 NCD 19/06 Q1003

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

33 total
TOP 9 952
AIR NEW Zealand 62% Jetstar Airways Pty. 9% ZKL 8% Qantas Airways 6% ZKE 5% FDC 3% TNZ 3% ZKM 2% Emirates 2%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 220
WLG 113
NSN 55
SYD 49
DUD 43
PMR 40

Carriers

See all + destinations → 33
AIR NEW Zealand
589
Jetstar Airways Pty.
87
ZKL
74
Qantas Airways
53
ZKE
51
FDC
31
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TNZ
26
ZKM
22
Emirates
19
ZKJ
19
Singapore Airlines
17
Airwork Holdings
17
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
17
PHA
15
OGN
10
ZKV
10
Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty
8
ZKZ
7
LFT
6
Skycharter (Malton)
6
ZKN
5
AIR Pacific
5
ZKB
4
ZKA
4
ZKS
4
ZKF
3
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
3
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
3
ZKX
2
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
2
Icelandair
2
Solomon Airlines
2
ZKR
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 189 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 120 1h 19m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 99 0h 55m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 52 1h 17m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 45 0h 49m
CHCDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 43 0h 55m
CHCZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 39 0h 57m
CHCIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 27 1h 13m
CHCPMR
 AIR NEW Zealand 26 1h 14m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 25 1h 28m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 24 3h 15m
CHCTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 22 1h 47m
CHCNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 18 1h 27m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 TNZ 16 1h 32m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Emirates 12 3h 11m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 12 0h 45m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Airwork Holdings 11 1h 20m
CHCNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 11 1h 28m
CHCBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Qantas Airways 10 3h 35m
CHCROT
Rotorua, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 10 1h 42m
CHCBHE
Blenheim, NZ
 OGN 10 0h 47m
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