Airports / NZCH / Christchurch International AirportIATA CHCGood ground coverage
⚡ Upgrade for 1yr history
Christchurch International Airport satellite view
📍 Christchurch⬆ 123 ft3 runways
NZCH · CHC

Christchurch International Airport

-43.48940°N
172.53200°W
ARR / DAY
92
▼ 27.3%
DEP / DAY
88
▼ 27.4%
ON-TIME
—
schedules pending
AVG DELAY
—
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 92 arrivals and 88 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 3 carriers across 24 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 157 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
46°F
Wind
14 kts
220°
Visib
2205 m
Ceil
—
NZCH 142330Z AUTO 22014KT 2200 BR OVC003/// 08/08 Q1015

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
PRO Unlock full 24h

Top carriers

Share of flights

34 total
TOP 9 999
AIR NEW Zealand 64% Jetstar Airways Pty. 11% ZKL 7% Qantas Airways 6% ZKE 5% Airwork Holdings 3% ZKJ 2% FDC 2% Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team 2%

Top destinations

By flight count

See all →
AKL 219
WLG 123
DUD 57
NSN 49
PMR 47
SYD 41

Carriers

See all + destinations → 34
AIR NEW Zealand
635
Jetstar Airways Pty.
107
ZKL
69
Qantas Airways
55
ZKE
49
Airwork Holdings
31
Show 28 more carriers →
ZKJ
18
FDC
18
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
17
TNZ
16
Emirates
14
ZKM
14
Singapore Airlines
12
PHA
11
Skycharter (Malton)
10
ZKS
8
ZKZ
8
ZKA
7
ZKR
7
AIR Pacific
6
OGN
6
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
4
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (Seattle
4
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
3
ZKF
3
ZKB
2
Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty
2
LFT
2
Madikwe Charter CC
2
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
2
ZKX
1
Solomon Airlines
1
Hera Flight
1
Qatar Airways Group Q.C.S.C.
1

Destination network

Great-circle routes from NZCH · last 7d

23 destinations
Live destinations · drag to pan · scroll to zoom

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

Click any segment for full inspection

See all routes → 80 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 120 1h 16m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 104 0h 53m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 56 1h 16m
CHCDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 51 0h 54m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 43 0h 44m
CHCIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 40 1h 13m
CHCPMR
 AIR NEW Zealand 33 1h 11m
CHCZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 31 0h 58m
CHCTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 24 1h 48m
CHCNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 23 1h 24m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 22 1h 30m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 19 3h 11m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 19 0h 44m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 TNZ 16 1h 25m
CHCNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 15 1h 24m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Airwork Holdings 15 1h 24m
CHCPMR
 Airwork Holdings 14 0h 52m
CHCMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 12 3h 24m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 AIR NEW Zealand 11 3h 13m
CHCMEL
Melbourne, AU
 AIR NEW Zealand 10 3h 28m
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 01:11 UTC