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NZCH · CHC

Christchurch International Airport

-43.48940°N
172.53200°W
ARR / DAY
89
▼ 33.0%
DEP / DAY
92
▼ 28.3%
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 89 arrivals and 92 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 3 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
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
39°F
Wind
5 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
NZCH 111530Z AUTO 27005KT 240V300 9999 NCD 04/03 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

34 total
TOP 9 1,002
AIR NEW Zealand 61% ZKL 11% Jetstar Airways Pty. 9% ZKE 6% Qantas Airways 5% FDC 2% TNZ 2% ZKJ 2% ZKM 2%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 211
WLG 124
NSN 51
DUD 47
PMR 45
IVC 40

Carriers

See all + destinations → 34
AIR NEW Zealand
614
ZKL
107
Jetstar Airways Pty.
86
ZKE
64
Qantas Airways
49
FDC
22
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TNZ
21
ZKJ
20
ZKM
19
Airwork Holdings
17
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
16
Emirates
15
Singapore Airlines
12
Freedom Jets
8
ZKV
7
ZKZ
7
PHA
7
OGN
6
Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty
5
ZKS
5
ZKB
4
Royal Australian AIR Force
4
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
4
ZKN
4
ZKF
3
Skycharter (Malton)
3
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
3
ZKR
2
LFT
2
Solomon Airlines
2
AIR Pacific
2
ZKP
1
ZKA
1
AIR Mobility Command (AMC)
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 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 128 1h 18m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 108 0h 55m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 46 1h 15m
CHCDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 45 0h 54m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 41 0h 47m
CHCIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 40 1h 16m
CHCPMR
 AIR NEW Zealand 35 1h 15m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 28 1h 26m
CHCZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 26 0h 58m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 21 3h 12m
CHCTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 20 1h 49m
CHCNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 18 1h 29m
CHCNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 15 1h 25m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 TNZ 14 1h 22m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 14 0h 43m
CHCNZWL
 ZKE 13 0h 34m
CHCHKK
 AIR NEW Zealand 13 0h 33m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Airwork Holdings 13 1h 19m
CHCMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 12 3h 30m
CHCROT
Rotorua, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 10 1h 43m
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