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Christchurch International Airport

-43.48940°N
172.53200°W
ARR / DAY
125
▲ 35.8%
DEP / DAY
122
▲ 33.6%
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 125 arrivals and 122 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 4 carriers across 31 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 171 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
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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
52°F
Wind
14 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
NZCH 160730Z AUTO 22014KT 9999 OVC013/// 11/08 Q1006

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
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Top carriers

Share of flights

39 total
TOP 9 1,340
AIR NEW Zealand 58% ZKL 14% 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 255
WLG 152
NSN 69
PMR 56
DUD 53
SYD 48

Carriers

See all + destinations → 39
AIR NEW Zealand
778
ZKL
190
Jetstar Airways Pty.
108
ZKE
79
Qantas Airways
62
ZKM
34
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ZKJ
32
FDC
30
TNZ
27
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
25
Airwork Holdings
20
Emirates
19
Singapore Airlines
17
ZKV
14
ZKZ
13
PHA
10
ZKN
9
ZKA
7
ZKS
7
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
7
Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty
7
ZKB
7
OGN
6
Skycharter (Malton)
5
LFT
5
ZKR
5
AIR Pacific
4
ZKF
4
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
4
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
4
NON
3
Solomon Airlines
3
Freedom Jets
2
Madikwe Charter CC
2
KNG
2
ZKW
1
ZKK
1
ZKY
1
ZKO
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 171 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 157 1h 18m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 132 0h 55m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 55 0h 46m
CHCDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 53 0h 54m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 52 1h 15m
CHCIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 47 1h 15m
CHCPMR
 AIR NEW Zealand 44 1h 13m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 36 1h 26m
CHCZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 33 0h 57m
CHCTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 28 1h 48m
CHCNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 26 1h 26m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 24 3h 11m
CHCNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 20 1h 24m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 20 0h 42m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 TNZ 19 1h 25m
CHCROT
Rotorua, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 19 1h 41m
CHCHKK
 AIR NEW Zealand 17 0h 32m
CHCMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 16 3h 27m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Emirates 13 3h 16m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Airwork Holdings 12 1h 21m
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