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NZCH · CHC

Christchurch International Airport

-43.48940°N
172.53200°W
ARR / DAY
72
▼ 35.8%
DEP / DAY
68
▼ 36.7%
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 72 arrivals and 68 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 5 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 180 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
1

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
4 kts
150°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
NZCH 252330Z AUTO 15004KT 110V200 9999 SCT095/// 18/09 Q1014

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 9 754
AIR NEW Zealand 64% ZKL 9% Jetstar Airways Pty. 8% Qantas Airways 5% ZKE 4% FDC 3% ZKJ 3% Airwork Holdings 3% Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team 2%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 165
WLG 92
NSN 43
PMR 34
ZQN 32
SYD 30

Carriers

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AIR NEW Zealand
480
ZKL
65
Jetstar Airways Pty.
58
Qantas Airways
38
ZKE
32
FDC
24
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ZKJ
21
Airwork Holdings
20
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
16
TNZ
15
ZKM
13
Emirates
11
Singapore Airlines
11
OGN
6
ZKV
6
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
6
PHA
6
AIR Pacific
5
Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty
5
Skycharter (Malton)
5
ZKZ
5
ZKA
5
ZKN
5
LFT
4
ZKB
4
ZKF
4
ZKS
3
ZKX
2
Solomon Airlines
2
ZKK
2
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
2
ZKR
1
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
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 1 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 97 1h 19m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 84 0h 55m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 35 0h 48m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 34 1h 18m
CHCZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 32 0h 57m
CHCDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 29 0h 55m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 25 1h 29m
CHCPMR
 AIR NEW Zealand 23 1h 14m
CHCNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 18 1h 26m
CHCTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 17 1h 47m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 16 3h 12m
CHCIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 14 1h 13m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Airwork Holdings 11 1h 20m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 TNZ 10 1h 36m
CHCBNE
Brisbane, AU
 AIR NEW Zealand 9 3h 33m
CHCROT
Rotorua, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 9 1h 42m
CHCHKK
 AIR NEW Zealand 8 0h 35m
CHCNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 8 1h 26m
CHCTIU
 ZKL 7 1h 33m
CHCPMR
 Airwork Holdings 7 0h 53m
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