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NZCH · CHC

Christchurch International Airport

-43.48940°N
172.53200°W
ARR / DAY
137
▼ 4.7%
DEP / DAY
131
▼ 8.2%
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 137 arrivals and 131 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 4 carriers across 29 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 138 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
34°F
Wind
3 kts
50°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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NZCH 291930Z AUTO 05003KT 9999 NCD 01/00 Q1011

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

37 total
TOP 9 1,469
AIR NEW Zealand 61% ZKL 11% Jetstar Airways Pty. 10% Qantas Airways 6% ZKE 4% FDC 2% Airwork Holdings 2% ZKJ 2% Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team 2%

Top destinations

By flight count

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AKL 298
WLG 176
DUD 72
NSN 71
IVC 65
SYD 56

Carriers

See all + destinations → 37
AIR NEW Zealand
898
ZKL
156
Jetstar Airways Pty.
146
Qantas Airways
81
ZKE
65
FDC
35
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Airwork Holdings
31
ZKJ
29
Eurocontrol Cfmu Technical Monitoring Team
28
ZKM
21
Emirates
20
Singapore Airlines
20
TNZ
18
ZKZ
17
ZKS
12
PHA
12
ZKV
11
AIR Pacific
8
Eurocontrol Cfmu Database Operators
8
OGN
8
Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty
7
ZKP
6
ZKR
6
ZKN
6
LFT
6
Skycharter (Malton)
5
ZKF
5
ZKW
5
Freedom Jets
5
Hera Flight
5
Eurocontrol Cfmu Central Executive Unit
5
ZKB
4
ZKA
2
Solomon Airlines
2
ZKK
2
AIR Transport (Chatham Islands)
1
KNG
1

Destination network

Great-circle routes from NZCH · last 7d

22 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 1 PM · 1 movement every 138 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 177 1h 17m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 144 0h 54m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 73 1h 16m
CHCDUD
Dunedin, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 72 0h 53m
CHCIVC
Invercargill, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 65 1h 13m
CHCNSN
Nelson, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 61 0h 45m
CHCZQN
Queenstown, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 42 0h 58m
CHCPMR
 AIR NEW Zealand 40 1h 11m
CHCHLZ
Hamilton, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 36 1h 37m
CHCNPE
Napier, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 34 1h 24m
CHCTRG
Tauranga, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 33 1h 48m
CHCWLG
Wellington, NZ
 Jetstar Airways Pty. 30 0h 46m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 Qantas Airways 28 3h 14m
CHCBNE
Brisbane, AU
 Qantas Airways 22 3h 35m
CHCROT
Rotorua, NZ
 AIR NEW Zealand 17 1h 38m
CHCMEL
Melbourne, AU
 Qantas Airways 17 3h 24m
CHCHKK
 AIR NEW Zealand 17 0h 32m
CHCAKL
Auckland, NZ
 TNZ 16 1h 28m
CHCSYD
Sydney, AU
 AIR NEW Zealand 15 3h 20m
CHCPMR
 Airwork Holdings 15 0h 53m
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