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NZCH · CHC

Christchurch International Airport

-43.48940°N
172.53200°W
ARR / DAY
129
▲ 3.4%
DEP / DAY
125
▲ 2.7%
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 129 arrivals and 125 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 5 carriers across 25 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 164 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 2 total

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
54°F
Wind
10 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
NZCH 050930Z AUTO 33010KT 9999 NCD 12/03 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

37 total
TOP 9 1,379
AIR NEW Zealand 63% Jetstar Airways Pty. 10% ZKL 8% Qantas Airways 5% ZKE 5% ZKJ 2% TNZ 2% FDC 2% Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team 2%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 306
WLG 168
DUD 69
NSN 67
IVC 59
SYD 59

Carriers

See all + destinations → 37
AIR NEW Zealand
862
Jetstar Airways Pty.
141
ZKL
116
Qantas Airways
71
ZKE
70
ZKJ
34
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TNZ
33
FDC
28
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
24
Airwork Holdings
22
PHA
22
ZKM
21
ZKV
20
Singapore Airlines
19
Emirates
17
ZKZ
16
Skycharter (Malton)
14
OGN
10
AIR Pacific
7
Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty
7
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
6
LFT
5
ZKS
5
ZKN
5
ZKA
4
Solomon Airlines
4
ZKF
4
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
3
ZKP
2
ZKR
2
Royal Australian AIR Force
2
Walmart Aviation (Rogers
2
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
2
Royal NEW Zealand AIR Force
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 164 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 171 1h 20m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 146 0h 56m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 78 1h 17m
CHCDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 66 0h 57m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 59 0h 49m
CHCIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 59 1h 17m
CHCPMR
 AIR NEW Zealand 44 1h 16m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 39 1h 29m
CHCZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 37 0h 59m
CHCNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 31 1h 28m
CHCTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 31 1h 51m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 28 3h 15m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 TNZ 23 1h 30m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 22 0h 42m
CHCNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 21 1h 28m
CHCMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 16 3h 35m
CHCHKK
 AIR NEW Zealand 16 0h 33m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Airwork Holdings 15 1h 22m
CHCROT
Rotorua, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 14 1h 40m
CHCBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Qantas Airways 12 3h 35m
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