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NZCH · CHC

Christchurch International Airport

-43.48940°N
172.53200°W
ARR / DAY
110
▼ 12.3%
DEP / DAY
106
▼ 11.2%
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 110 arrivals and 106 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 4 carriers across 26 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 150 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
45°F
Wind
8 kts
250°
Visib
2494 m
Ceil
—
NZCH 142130Z AUTO 25008KT 2500 BR OVC003/// 07/06 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
7m 5a 9m 6a 25m 7a 7m 8a 8m 9a 11m 10a 17m 11a 5m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

34 total
TOP 9 1,216
AIR NEW Zealand 64% Jetstar Airways Pty. 11% ZKL 7% Qantas Airways 5% ZKE 5% Airwork Holdings 3% FDC 2% ZKJ 2% Emirates 1%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 264
WLG 149
DUD 69
NSN 65
PMR 56
SYD 49

Carriers

See all + destinations → 34
AIR NEW Zealand
776
Jetstar Airways Pty.
130
ZKL
89
Qantas Airways
65
ZKE
59
Airwork Holdings
34
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FDC
25
ZKJ
21
Emirates
17
TNZ
17
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
17
ZKM
17
Singapore Airlines
15
Skycharter (Malton)
14
PHA
11
ZKA
9
ZKZ
9
OGN
8
ZKS
8
ZKR
7
AIR Pacific
6
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
5
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
4
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (Seattle
4
ZKF
4
ZKB
3
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
3
Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty
2
LFT
2
Madikwe Charter CC
2
ZKX
1
Solomon Airlines
1
Qatar Airways Group Q.C.S.C.
1
Hera Flight
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 150 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 147 1h 16m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 126 0h 53m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 70 1h 15m
CHCDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 62 0h 54m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 55 0h 45m
CHCIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 47 1h 13m
CHCPMR
 AIR NEW Zealand 42 1h 11m
CHCZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 37 0h 58m
CHCTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 31 1h 48m
CHCNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 29 1h 24m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 27 1h 28m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 23 3h 11m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 23 0h 44m
CHCNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 18 1h 25m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Airwork Holdings 17 1h 24m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 TNZ 16 1h 25m
CHCPMR
 Airwork Holdings 14 0h 52m
CHCMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 14 3h 24m
CHCHKK
 AIR NEW Zealand 13 0h 32m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 AIR NEW Zealand 13 3h 12m
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