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Christchurch International Airport

-43.48940°N
172.53200°W
ARR / DAY
21
▼ 85.6%
DEP / DAY
18
▼ 87.3%
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 21 arrivals and 18 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 2 carriers across 19 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
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
25°F
Wind
3 kts
70°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
NZCH 261830Z AUTO 07003KT 9999 NCD M04/M06 Q1017

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
13m 5a 11m 6a 21m 7a 12m 8a 15m 9a 9m 10a 12m 11a 7m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

24 total
TOP 9 225
AIR NEW Zealand 66% Jetstar Airways Pty. 11% ZKL 8% Qantas Airways 4% ZKM 3% FDC 3% ZKE 3% Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team 2% ZKS 1%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 45
WLG 36
DUD 12
NSN 10
IVC 9
NPE 9

Carriers

See all + destinations → 24
AIR NEW Zealand
148
Jetstar Airways Pty.
25
ZKL
17
Qantas Airways
10
ZKM
6
FDC
6
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ZKE
6
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
4
ZKS
3
AIR Pacific
2
Skycharter (Malton)
2
ZKA
2
Qatar Executive
2
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
2
Singapore Airlines
2
Emirates
2
OGN
2
ZKW
1
ZKB
1
ZKR
1
PHA
1
ZKV
1
ZKJ
1
Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty
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 → 74 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 31 0h 59m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 28 1h 19m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 14 1h 19m
CHCDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 11 0h 54m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 9 0h 45m
CHCIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 9 1h 12m
CHCZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 8 0h 59m
CHCNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 8 1h 24m
CHCPMR
 AIR NEW Zealand 8 1h 10m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 7 1h 32m
CHCTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 6 1h 47m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 4 0h 41m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 4 3h 10m
CHCGMN
 FDC 3 0h 34m
CHCBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Qantas Airways 3 3h 27m
CHCNPL
New Plymouth, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 3 1h 26m
CHCNZRT
Rangiora, NZ
 Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team 2 0h 29m
CHCBNE
Brisbane, AU
 AIR NEW Zealand 2 3h 33m
CHCMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 2 3h 22m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 AIR Pacific 2 15h 30m
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