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NZCH · CHC

Christchurch International Airport

-43.48940°N
172.53200°W
ARR / DAY
79
▼ 40.8%
DEP / DAY
74
▼ 42.8%
ON-TIME
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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 79 arrivals and 74 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 2 carriers across 22 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 · 14 total

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Go-arounds
2
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
12
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

20h ago
Temp
46°F
Wind
12 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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METAR NZCH 081000Z AUTO 19012KT 9999 BKN007/// OVC050/// 08/07 Q1017

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 9 890
AIR NEW Zealand 66% Jetstar Airways Pty. 11% ZKL 7% Qantas Airways 6% ZKE 4% FDC 1% Emirates 1% Singapore Airlines 1% Airwork Holdings 1%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 198
WLG 113
DUD 43
IVC 42
NSN 41
PMR 34

Carriers

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AIR NEW Zealand
588
Jetstar Airways Pty.
102
ZKL
62
Qantas Airways
52
ZKE
40
FDC
13
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Emirates
11
Singapore Airlines
11
Airwork Holdings
11
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
11
ZKJ
9
ZKR
7
OGN
6
TNZ
6
ZKS
6
ZKV
6
PHA
6
ZKF
5
ZKA
5
AIR Pacific
5
VHZ
4
ZKM
4
ZKN
4
ZKB
3
LFT
3
Solomon Airlines
3
AIR Caledonie
2
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (Seattle
2
Aerial Surveys (1980)
2
Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty
1
ZKO
1
ZKG
1
Skycharter (Malton)
1
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
1

Destination network

Great-circle routes from NZCH · last 7d

24 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 1 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 127 1h 14m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 96 0h 52m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 57 1h 13m
CHCDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 42 0h 52m
CHCIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 42 1h 13m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 35 0h 42m
CHCPMR
 AIR NEW Zealand 31 1h 9m
CHCZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 29 0h 58m
CHCTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 27 1h 47m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 25 1h 27m
CHCNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 24 1h 21m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 21 3h 9m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 16 0h 43m
CHCBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Qantas Airways 14 3h 28m
CHCMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 11 3h 25m
CHCNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 10 1h 22m
CHCBNE
Brisbane, AU
 AIR NEW Zealand 10 3h 26m
CHCROT
Rotorua, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 8 1h 39m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Emirates 7 3h 5m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 7 1h 4m
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