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Christchurch International Airport

-43.48940°N
172.53200°W
ARR / DAY
114
▼ 11.3%
DEP / DAY
109
▼ 14.5%
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 114 arrivals and 109 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 4 carriers across 24 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 171 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

50m ago
Temp
48°F
Wind
12 kts
100°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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NZCH 060030Z AUTO 10012KT 9999 -RA BKN014/// BKN021/// 09/07 Q1002

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 1,201
AIR NEW Zealand 62% Jetstar Airways Pty. 10% ZKL 8% ZKE 5% Qantas Airways 5% ZKJ 3% TNZ 3% FDC 2% Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team 2%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 266
WLG 146
DUD 62
NSN 60
IVC 52
PMR 51

Carriers

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AIR NEW Zealand
748
Jetstar Airways Pty.
117
ZKL
100
ZKE
63
Qantas Airways
59
ZKJ
33
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TNZ
33
FDC
25
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
23
PHA
21
Airwork Holdings
20
ZKV
18
Singapore Airlines
16
ZKM
16
Emirates
14
ZKZ
14
Skycharter (Malton)
14
OGN
10
Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty
7
AIR Pacific
6
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
6
ZKS
5
LFT
5
ZKF
3
ZKP
2
Royal Australian AIR Force
2
Walmart Aviation (Rogers
2
ZKA
2
Royal NEW Zealand AIR Force
2
ZKN
2
Solomon Airlines
2
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
2
ZKB
1
AIR Mobility Command (AMC)
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 12 PM · 1 movement every 171 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 145 1h 20m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 126 0h 56m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 66 1h 17m
CHCDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 59 0h 57m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 53 0h 50m
CHCIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 52 1h 17m
CHCPMR
 AIR NEW Zealand 38 1h 16m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 35 1h 29m
CHCZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 31 0h 58m
CHCNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 28 1h 27m
CHCTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 27 1h 51m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 23 3h 15m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 TNZ 23 1h 30m
CHCNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 20 1h 28m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 18 0h 43m
CHCHKK
 AIR NEW Zealand 16 0h 33m
CHCMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 14 3h 37m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Airwork Holdings 14 1h 22m
CHCROT
Rotorua, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 12 1h 41m
CHCMEL
Melbourne, AU
 AIR NEW Zealand 11 3h 27m
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