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NZCH · CHC

Christchurch International Airport

-43.48940°N
172.53200°W
ARR / DAY
133
▲ 4.4%
DEP / DAY
127
▲ 2.5%
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 133 arrivals and 127 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 · 3 total

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Go-arounds
1
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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
61°F
Wind
21 kts
300°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
NZCH 040230Z AUTO 30021KT 9999 NCD 16/03 Q0995

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 1,403
AIR NEW Zealand 62% Jetstar Airways Pty. 10% ZKL 9% 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 303
WLG 171
DUD 66
NSN 65
IVC 60
PMR 58

Carriers

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AIR NEW Zealand
871
Jetstar Airways Pty.
144
ZKL
131
Qantas Airways
70
ZKE
69
ZKJ
34
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TNZ
33
FDC
27
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
24
ZKM
23
Airwork Holdings
22
ZKV
22
PHA
21
Singapore Airlines
19
Emirates
17
ZKZ
17
Skycharter (Malton)
13
OGN
10
AIR Pacific
8
Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty
7
ZKS
6
LFT
5
ZKN
5
ZKF
4
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
4
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
4
ZKA
4
Solomon Airlines
4
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
4
ZKX
3
ZKR
3
ZKP
2
Walmart Aviation (Rogers
2
Royal NEW Zealand AIR Force
2
ZKB
1
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (Seattle
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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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 169 1h 20m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 148 0h 56m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 78 1h 18m
CHCDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 66 0h 56m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 60 0h 49m
CHCIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 60 1h 16m
CHCPMR
 AIR NEW Zealand 45 1h 15m
CHCZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 39 0h 59m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 39 1h 29m
CHCNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 31 1h 27m
CHCTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 31 1h 50m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 28 3h 14m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 23 0h 43m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 TNZ 23 1h 30m
CHCNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 21 1h 28m
CHCHKK
 AIR NEW Zealand 17 0h 33m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Airwork Holdings 14 1h 22m
CHCROT
Rotorua, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 14 1h 39m
CHCMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 13 3h 35m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 AIR NEW Zealand 12 3h 8m
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