Christchurch International Airport

Christchurch International Airport (CHC/NZCH) is in Christchurch, NZ, 37 m above sea level. It has 3 runways and the longest is 3,288 m. See the diagram, each runway's data and what you fly over from here.

The diagram

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Drawn to scale from the real coordinates of each runway end. Runways without coordinates are not drawn.

Data

Codes
CHC · NZCH
City
Christchurch
Country
NZ
Coordinates
-43.4890, 172.5321
Elevation
37 m · 123 ft
Time zone
Pacific/Auckland
Local time now
01:17
Airspace
Christchurch (Kaikoura)
Departures observed
317 · 298 arrivals
Most seen destinations
AKL, WLG, PMR, HLZ, IVC

Departures and arrivals we saw ourselves on adsb.lol traces over 2 day(s). A floor, not the total number of movements: where no receiver is nearby, nothing is seen.

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That day’s flights

What we saw take off and land on 2026-09-03, in local time here. This is not an arrivals board: it does not say what leaves today, it says what flew that day and only what the receivers managed to see.

Took off (40)

TimeCallsignAircraftTo
12:00ZKEBKP28A · ZK-EBK
12:11ZKVCCR200 · ZK-VCC
12:22ANZ326MAT76 · ZK-MVXWLG
12:26ZKHJMCHC
12:33AMD1CHC
12:38ZKMBEP28A · ZK-MBE
12:44ANZ751MAT76 · ZK-MVBDUD
12:49ZKEYAPA38 · ZK-EYA
12:50ZKLJFP28A · ZK-LJFCHC
12:52ZKTZZP68 · ZK-TZZCHC
13:01ZKZANC172 · ZK-NAVTIU
13:03ZKLJTP28A · ZK-LJTCHC
13:04JST273A320 · VH-VGRAKL
13:05ANZ655MAT76 · ZK-MVRZQN
13:06ZKEBCP28A · ZK-EBCCHC
13:08FJI450B738 · DQ-FJN
13:14ZKLJDP28A · ZK-LJDCHC
13:14ANZ769LDH8C · ZK-NEBNSN
13:17ZKEBJP28A · ZK-EBJCHC
13:22ANZ775MAT76 · ZK-MZCWLG
13:23ZKMBGP28A · ZK-MBGCHC
13:25ZKJNEC172 · ZK-JNE
13:26ZKTDLPA38 · ZK-TDLCHC
13:32ANZ176MAT76 · ZK-MVGPMR
13:33ZKHJMCHC
13:43ANZ802MAT76 · ZK-MVATRG
13:45ANZ746MAT76 · ZK-MZGNPE
13:46ZKEBCP28A · ZK-EBCCHC
13:58JST231A320 · VH-VFIAKL
13:59ANZ349MAT76 · ZK-MVFWLG
14:02ZKLJXP28A · ZK-LJX
14:12ANZ786MAT76 · ZK-MZEROT
14:21ANZ539A320 · ZK-OXFAKL
14:29ZKLJCP28A · ZK-LJC
14:35N721MSGLEX · N721MSWLG
14:42ANZ357MAT76 · ZK-MVEZQN
14:43ZKEBCP28A · ZK-EBCCHC
14:44ZKNYVTIU
14:46ANZ803MAT76 · ZK-MVIWLG
14:48FDC25BE20 · ZK-FDTBHE

Landed (40)

TimeCallsignAircraftFrom
12:07ANZ349MAT76 · ZK-MVF
12:09N721MSGLEX · N721MS
12:13ANZ746MAT76 · ZK-MZG
12:16JST273A320 · VH-VGR
12:38AMD1CHC
12:45ZKHJMCHC
12:55ANZ845MAT76 · ZK-MZBNSN
13:00JST231A320 · VH-VFI
13:02FDC25BE20 · ZK-FDTBHE
13:11UAE3HJA388 · A6-EOD
13:16ANZ539A320 · ZK-OXFAKL
13:19ZKEBCP28A · ZK-EBCCHC
13:20CGGVIGLF6 · C-GGVIPMR
13:24ZKTZZP68 · ZK-TZZCHC
13:30FDC12BE20 · ZK-FDRDUD
13:34ANZ803MAT76 · ZK-MVI
13:39ZKLJFP28A · ZK-LJFCHC
13:56ANZ350MAT76 · ZK-MVEWLG
14:07ZKVCCR200 · ZK-VCC
14:15ZKMBGP28A · ZK-MBGCHC
14:16ZKEBJP28A · ZK-EBJCHC
14:19ANZ543A320 · ZK-OXCAKL
14:19ZKEBCP28A · ZK-EBCCHC
14:26ANZ220A20N · ZK-NHFSYD
14:26ZKTDLPA38 · ZK-TDLCHC
14:30ZKLJDP28A · ZK-LJDCHC
14:34ANZ710MAT76 · ZK-MVZIVC
14:41QFA133B738 · VH-XZF
14:44ZKNYV
14:50ZKHJMCHC
14:50ANZ326MAT76 · ZK-MVXWLG
14:59JST135A320 · VH-VGO
15:03SKL2B350 · ZK-SSHNSN
15:13ANZ783MAT76 · ZK-MVWROT
15:19ANZ424A320 · ZK-OABAKL
15:22ZKLJTP28A · ZK-LJTCHC
15:24ANZ752MAT76 · ZK-MVBDUD
15:26ZKJNEC172 · ZK-JNE
15:33QFA161B738 · VH-VZXSYD
15:45ZKZANC172 · ZK-NAVTIU

The callsign is what the aircraft transmits by radio. It usually matches the commercial flight number, but not always: sometimes it is the registration.

Showing the first 40 in each direction.

Runways (3)

RunwayLength SurfaceHeadings
02/203,288 m · 10,787 ftasphalt41° · 221°
11/291,703 m · 5,587 ftBIT131° · 311°
01/19515 m · 1,690 ftgrass38° · 218°

An asterisk marks a heading derived from the runway number rather than measured. The number is a magnetic heading and the measured one is true: the derived value carries the local magnetic declination, up to 20 degrees.

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