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Christchurch International Airport

-43.48940°N
172.53200°W
ARR / DAY
99
▼ 29.3%
DEP / DAY
99
▼ 26.7%
ON-TIME
87.4% Top 25%
arr · avg -4 min
dep · 100% · avg 0 min cal
AVG DELAY
-4 min
7d window

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 99 arrivals and 99 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 2 carriers across 25 routes. The most active carrier is AIR NEW Zealand (ANZ). The busiest route is to Auckland International Airport (NZAA). On-time performance averages 87% with an average delay of -4 minutes against scheduled times. At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 157 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
37°F
Wind
5 kts
40°
Visib
7001 m
Ceil
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NZCH 221830Z AUTO 04005KT 7000 NCD 03/02 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

Schedule vs actual
13m 5a 11m 6a 21m 7a 12m 8a 15m 9a 9m 10a 12m 11a 7m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

38 total
TOP 9 1,113
AIR NEW Zealand 62% Jetstar Airways Pty. 11% ZKL 9% Qantas Airways 6% ZKE 5% FDC 2% ZKM 2% ZKJ 2% Airwork Holdings 2%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 238
WLG 146
DUD 49
NSN 47
IVC 46
PMR 43

Carriers

See all + destinations → 38
AIR NEW Zealand
686
Jetstar Airways Pty.
123
ZKL
103
Qantas Airways
63
ZKE
55
FDC
23
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ZKM
21
ZKJ
20
Airwork Holdings
19
Emirates
14
Singapore Airlines
14
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
14
TNZ
10
ZKS
10
ZKV
10
ZKZ
9
OGN
8
PHA
8
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
7
AIR Pacific
6
Skycharter (Malton)
6
ZKR
5
ZKN
5
ZKA
4
Solomon Airlines
4
Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty
3
Freedom Jets
3
ZKF
3
LFT
2
ZKB
2
ZKW
2
Qatar Executive
2
Hera Flight
2
ZKP
1
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (Seattle
1
YAK
1
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
1
ZKU
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 157 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 144 1h 19m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 126 0h 56m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 65 1h 16m
CHCDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 49 0h 53m
CHCIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 46 1h 15m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 40 0h 46m
CHCZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 36 0h 59m
CHCPMR
 AIR NEW Zealand 35 1h 12m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 31 1h 28m
CHCTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 28 1h 49m
CHCNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 26 1h 25m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 23 3h 12m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 20 0h 42m
CHCBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Qantas Airways 15 3h 32m
CHCMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 15 3h 25m
CHCNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 12 1h 25m
CHCBNE
Brisbane, AU
 AIR NEW Zealand 12 3h 33m
CHCROT
Rotorua, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 11 1h 38m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Airwork Holdings 11 1h 26m
CHCMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 10 3h 22m
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