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NZCH · CHC

Christchurch International Airport

-43.48940°N
172.53200°W
ARR / DAY
93
▼ 28.1%
DEP / DAY
94
▼ 25.6%
ON-TIME
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schedules pending
AVG DELAY
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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 93 arrivals and 94 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 3 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
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

57m ago
Temp
52°F
Wind
16 kts
50°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
NZCH 120430Z AUTO 05016KT 9999 NCD 11/05 Q1008

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 1,020
AIR NEW Zealand 60% ZKL 13% Jetstar Airways Pty. 8% ZKE 6% Qantas Airways 5% ZKM 3% ZKJ 2% FDC 2% TNZ 2%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 203
WLG 122
NSN 51
DUD 43
PMR 43
IVC 39

Carriers

See all + destinations → 35
AIR NEW Zealand
609
ZKL
128
Jetstar Airways Pty.
80
ZKE
65
Qantas Airways
46
ZKM
26
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ZKJ
24
FDC
22
TNZ
20
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
19
Airwork Holdings
15
Emirates
15
Singapore Airlines
12
ZKV
8
Freedom Jets
8
ZKS
7
ZKZ
7
OGN
6
PHA
6
LFT
5
Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty
5
ZKN
4
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
4
ZKB
4
ZKF
3
ZKR
3
Skycharter (Malton)
3
ZKA
3
Royal Australian AIR Force
2
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
2
Solomon Airlines
2
AIR Pacific
2
ZKK
1
ZKY
1
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
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 129 1h 18m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 106 0h 55m
CHCDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 43 0h 54m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 40 1h 15m
CHCIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 39 1h 16m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 39 0h 46m
CHCPMR
 AIR NEW Zealand 34 1h 14m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 28 1h 26m
CHCZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 27 0h 57m
CHCTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 22 1h 47m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 22 3h 12m
CHCNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 17 1h 27m
CHCNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 16 1h 26m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 TNZ 14 1h 22m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 14 0h 43m
CHCHKK
 AIR NEW Zealand 14 0h 32m
CHCNZWL
 ZKE 12 0h 32m
CHCROT
Rotorua, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 11 1h 41m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Airwork Holdings 10 1h 18m
CHCMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 10 3h 37m
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