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NZCH · CHC

Christchurch International Airport

-43.48940°N
172.53200°W
ARR / DAY
92
▼ 30.3%
DEP / DAY
91
▼ 29.1%
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 92 arrivals and 91 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 180 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

1h ago
Temp
55°F
Wind
12 kts
70°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
NZCH 090430Z AUTO 07012KT 9999 NCD 13/07 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

36 total
TOP 9 984
AIR NEW Zealand 62% ZKL 10% Jetstar Airways Pty. 8% ZKE 6% Qantas Airways 5% FDC 3% TNZ 2% ZKJ 2% Airwork Holdings 2%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 210
WLG 126
DUD 51
NSN 47
PMR 43
SYD 42

Carriers

See all + destinations → 36
AIR NEW Zealand
607
ZKL
97
Jetstar Airways Pty.
77
ZKE
59
Qantas Airways
52
FDC
28
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TNZ
24
ZKJ
23
Airwork Holdings
17
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
17
ZKM
17
Singapore Airlines
15
Emirates
14
PHA
14
ZKZ
11
ZKV
9
OGN
8
Skycharter (Malton)
8
Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty
6
Freedom Jets
6
ZKS
5
ZKF
4
LFT
4
Royal Australian AIR Force
4
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
4
ZKN
4
Solomon Airlines
3
AIR Pacific
3
ZKB
2
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
2
Walmart Aviation (Rogers
2
ZKA
2
ZKP
1
ZKR
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 180 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 125 1h 18m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 108 0h 55m
CHCDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 46 0h 55m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 44 1h 16m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 40 0h 47m
CHCIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 37 1h 15m
CHCPMR
 AIR NEW Zealand 32 1h 15m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 27 1h 27m
CHCZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 27 0h 58m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 22 3h 13m
CHCNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 21 1h 26m
CHCTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 19 1h 49m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 TNZ 16 1h 22m
CHCNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 15 1h 26m
CHCMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 14 3h 32m
CHCHKK
 AIR NEW Zealand 14 0h 33m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Airwork Holdings 13 1h 20m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 12 0h 43m
CHCNZWL
 ZKE 11 0h 38m
CHCROT
Rotorua, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 10 1h 42m
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