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Christchurch International Airport

-43.48940°N
172.53200°W
ARR / DAY
87
▼ 15.9%
DEP / DAY
85
▼ 10.6%
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 87 arrivals and 85 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 4 carriers across 26 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 · 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
1

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

40m ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
4 kts
350°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
NZCH 290130Z AUTO 35004KT 310V040 9999 NCD 18/02 Q1005

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 9 928
AIR NEW Zealand 62% Jetstar Airways Pty. 10% ZKL 8% Qantas Airways 6% ZKE 5% FDC 3% TNZ 3% ZKM 2% Airwork Holdings 2%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 214
WLG 123
NSN 50
SYD 47
DUD 46
PMR 40

Carriers

See all + destinations → 35
AIR NEW Zealand
572
Jetstar Airways Pty.
96
ZKL
70
Qantas Airways
54
ZKE
43
FDC
28
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TNZ
26
ZKM
20
Airwork Holdings
19
Emirates
18
Singapore Airlines
17
PHA
16
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
13
ZKJ
12
ZKV
11
OGN
10
Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty
8
LFT
6
Skycharter (Malton)
6
ZKX
5
ZKZ
5
AIR Pacific
5
ZKS
4
ZKB
3
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
3
ZKN
3
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
3
ZKF
2
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
2
ZKA
2
Solomon Airlines
2
ZKP
1
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 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 110 1h 18m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 104 0h 55m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 55 1h 17m
CHCDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 44 0h 55m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 42 0h 49m
CHCZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 35 0h 57m
CHCPMR
 AIR NEW Zealand 26 1h 14m
CHCIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 26 1h 13m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 25 1h 28m
CHCTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 23 1h 48m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 21 3h 17m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 17 0h 44m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 TNZ 16 1h 32m
CHCNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 15 1h 27m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Airwork Holdings 12 1h 21m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Emirates 11 3h 13m
CHCBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Qantas Airways 11 3h 32m
CHCHKK
 AIR NEW Zealand 10 0h 35m
CHCBHE
Blenheim, NZ
 OGN 10 0h 49m
CHCROT
Rotorua, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 10 1h 42m
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