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NZCH · CHC

Christchurch International Airport

-43.48940°N
172.53200°W
ARR / DAY
116
▼ 10.0%
DEP / DAY
112
▼ 12.6%
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 116 arrivals and 112 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 4 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 171 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

53m ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
3 kts
340°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
NZCH 030230Z AUTO 34003KT 9999 NCD 23/07 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 1,273
AIR NEW Zealand 65% Jetstar Airways Pty. 12% ZKL 7% Qantas Airways 5% ZKE 4% TNZ 2% ZKJ 2% Airwork Holdings 2% ZKM 1%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 279
WLG 167
DUD 68
NSN 61
IVC 57
PMR 56

Carriers

See all + destinations → 35
AIR NEW Zealand
823
Jetstar Airways Pty.
151
ZKL
91
Qantas Airways
64
ZKE
56
TNZ
25
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ZKJ
24
Airwork Holdings
20
ZKM
19
ZKV
18
Emirates
17
Singapore Airlines
16
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
15
PHA
15
FDC
15
Skycharter (Malton)
13
ZKZ
9
OGN
8
AIR Pacific
6
ZKS
6
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
4
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
4
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
4
Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty
4
ZKX
3
ZKR
3
ZKF
3
LFT
3
ZKA
3
ZKN
3
ZKP
2
Royal NEW Zealand AIR Force
2
Solomon Airlines
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 171 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 155 1h 20m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 140 0h 56m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 80 1h 18m
CHCDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 65 0h 57m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 58 0h 50m
CHCIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 57 1h 17m
CHCPMR
 AIR NEW Zealand 43 1h 15m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 37 1h 30m
CHCZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 36 0h 59m
CHCTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 31 1h 50m
CHCNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 26 1h 27m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 25 3h 13m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 25 0h 43m
CHCNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 19 1h 30m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 TNZ 17 1h 31m
CHCMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 13 3h 36m
CHCHKK
 AIR NEW Zealand 13 0h 33m
CHCROT
Rotorua, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 13 1h 39m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Airwork Holdings 12 1h 22m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 12 1h 7m
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