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Christchurch International Airport

-43.48940°N
172.53200°W
ARR / DAY
137
▲ 5.8%
DEP / DAY
132
▲ 3.5%
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 137 arrivals and 132 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 5 carriers across 28 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
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
2
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
14 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
NZCH 030330Z AUTO 31014KT 280V340 9999 NCD 20/05 Q1004

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 1,495
AIR NEW Zealand 63% Jetstar Airways Pty. 11% ZKL 8% Qantas Airways 5% ZKE 5% TNZ 2% ZKJ 2% FDC 2% ZKM 2%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 323
WLG 189
DUD 79
NSN 72
IVC 65
PMR 65

Carriers

See all + destinations → 35
AIR NEW Zealand
949
Jetstar Airways Pty.
166
ZKL
119
Qantas Airways
76
ZKE
70
TNZ
32
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ZKJ
31
FDC
28
ZKM
24
Airwork Holdings
23
ZKV
21
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
20
PHA
20
Singapore Airlines
19
Emirates
17
Skycharter (Malton)
16
ZKZ
14
OGN
10
AIR Pacific
7
ZKS
7
Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty
6
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
4
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
4
ZKA
4
ZKN
4
Solomon Airlines
4
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
4
ZKX
3
ZKR
3
ZKF
3
LFT
3
ZKP
2
Royal NEW Zealand AIR Force
2
ZKB
1
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (Seattle
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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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 181 1h 20m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 162 0h 56m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 88 1h 18m
CHCDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 75 0h 56m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 67 0h 49m
CHCIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 65 1h 16m
CHCPMR
 AIR NEW Zealand 49 1h 15m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 43 1h 29m
CHCZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 41 0h 59m
CHCTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 35 1h 50m
CHCNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 31 1h 27m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 29 3h 13m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 27 0h 43m
CHCNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 23 1h 30m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 TNZ 22 1h 30m
CHCMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 17 3h 34m
CHCHKK
 AIR NEW Zealand 17 0h 33m
CHCROT
Rotorua, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 15 1h 39m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Airwork Holdings 14 1h 22m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 14 1h 7m
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