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NZCH · CHC

Christchurch International Airport

-43.48940°N
172.53200°W
ARR / DAY
68
▼ 48.9%
DEP / DAY
70
▼ 45.5%
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 68 arrivals and 70 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 3 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 189 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

55m ago
Temp
54°F
Wind
6 kts
50°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
NZCH 102330Z AUTO 05006KT 360V100 9999 NCD 12/05 Q1000

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

34 total
TOP 9 757
AIR NEW Zealand 62% ZKL 9% Jetstar Airways Pty. 8% ZKE 6% Qantas Airways 5% FDC 3% TNZ 2% ZKJ 2% Emirates 2%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 166
WLG 94
NSN 40
DUD 38
PMR 33
SYD 31

Carriers

See all + destinations → 34
AIR NEW Zealand
473
ZKL
71
Jetstar Airways Pty.
61
ZKE
48
Qantas Airways
41
FDC
20
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TNZ
16
ZKJ
14
Emirates
13
Airwork Holdings
13
ZKM
12
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
11
Singapore Airlines
10
Freedom Jets
8
ZKV
7
Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty
5
ZKZ
5
PHA
5
ZKS
5
Royal Australian AIR Force
4
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
4
OGN
4
ZKF
3
Skycharter (Malton)
3
ZKB
3
ZKN
3
LFT
2
ZKR
2
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
2
Solomon Airlines
2
ZKP
1
ZKA
1
AIR Mobility Command (AMC)
1
AIR Pacific
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 189 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 103 1h 18m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 82 0h 55m
CHCDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 36 0h 54m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 33 1h 15m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 31 0h 47m
CHCIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 30 1h 16m
CHCPMR
 AIR NEW Zealand 26 1h 14m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 21 1h 25m
CHCZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 20 0h 58m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 17 3h 12m
CHCTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 15 1h 49m
CHCNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 13 1h 27m
CHCNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 12 1h 25m
CHCNZWL
 ZKE 11 0h 32m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 TNZ 11 1h 21m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 10 0h 42m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Airwork Holdings 10 1h 18m
CHCMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 10 3h 28m
CHCHKK
 AIR NEW Zealand 9 0h 33m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 FDC 9 0h 47m
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