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Christchurch International Airport

-43.48940°N
172.53200°W
ARR / DAY
83
▼ 39.6%
DEP / DAY
83
▼ 37.5%
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 83 arrivals and 83 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 4 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 180 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
1
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

43m ago
Temp
36°F
Wind
2 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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NZCH 101130Z AUTO 33002KT 9999 NCD 02/01 Q1009

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

36 total
TOP 9 889
AIR NEW Zealand 61% ZKL 10% Jetstar Airways Pty. 8% ZKE 7% Qantas Airways 5% TNZ 3% FDC 3% ZKJ 2% Airwork Holdings 2%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 198
WLG 113
NSN 45
DUD 44
PMR 40
SYD 38

Carriers

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AIR NEW Zealand
546
ZKL
88
Jetstar Airways Pty.
67
ZKE
58
Qantas Airways
46
TNZ
24
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FDC
24
ZKJ
19
Airwork Holdings
17
Emirates
16
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
16
ZKM
15
Singapore Airlines
13
ZKV
10
PHA
10
ZKZ
8
Freedom Jets
8
Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty
6
Skycharter (Malton)
6
OGN
6
ZKS
5
ZKF
4
LFT
4
Royal Australian AIR Force
4
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
4
ZKN
4
ZKB
3
ZKR
2
Walmart Aviation (Rogers
2
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
2
Solomon Airlines
2
AIR Pacific
2
ZKP
1
ZKA
1
AIR Mobility Command (AMC)
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 12 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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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 119 1h 17m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 97 0h 55m
CHCDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 40 0h 55m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 38 1h 15m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 36 0h 47m
CHCIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 33 1h 15m
CHCPMR
 AIR NEW Zealand 30 1h 14m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 25 1h 26m
CHCZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 24 0h 58m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 19 3h 12m
CHCNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 17 1h 27m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 TNZ 17 1h 24m
CHCTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 16 1h 49m
CHCNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 14 1h 25m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Airwork Holdings 13 1h 19m
CHCNZWL
 ZKE 12 0h 34m
CHCHKK
 AIR NEW Zealand 11 0h 33m
CHCMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 11 3h 31m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Emirates 10 3h 15m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 10 0h 42m
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