Route Network
Christchurch Airport connects 22 destinations worldwide, with Auckland standing out as its busiest route. The longest nonstop flight is to Hong Kong, and the shortest flight is to Blenheim.
Auckland (AKL)
(New Zealand)
– New Zealand
Air New Zealand · Airwork · Jetstar · Phoenix Air Group · TNZ
5 airlines
Invercargill (IVC)
(New Zealand)
– New Zealand
Air New Zealand
1 airline
Sydney (SYD)
(Australia)
– Australia
Air New Zealand · Emirates · Phoenix Air Group · Qantas
4 airlines
Melbourne (MEL)
(Australia)
– Australia
Air New Zealand · Jetstar · Phoenix Air Group · Qantas
4 airlines
Blenheim (BHE)
(New Zealand)
– New Zealand
OGN
1 airline
Avarua (RAR)
(Cook Islands)
– Cook Islands
Air New Zealand
1 airline
Waitangi (CHT)
(New Zealand)
– New Zealand
Air Chathams
1 airline
Route and destination data updated July 16, 2026.
Christchurch Airport is served by 15 airlines, with Air New Zealand in the lead at 38% of routes. The top three carriers together cover 60% of routes. nine carriers operate only one route each. A total of nine airlines operate international routes, compared with nine airlines serving domestic routes. Air Atlanta Icelandic is operating the longest nonstop flight, connecting to Hong Kong with a flight time of 12 hrs 10 mins.
Christchurch Airport provides direct service to seven countries across two continents. The route network is 55% domestic and 45% international. Australia is the primary international destination.
Delays
- Departures
- 8 min late
- 4 min (-34.4%) vs last 24 hours
- 24h trend
- Arrivals
- 3 min early
- 2 min (+45.9%) vs last 24 hours
- 24h trend
- Cancelled Departures
- 0 flights (24 hour total)
Jul 21
2026
04:00 - 05:00
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- 8 min late8 min late8 minutes late
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- 2 min early2 min early2 minutes early
- Cancelled
- 0
Jul 21
2026
03:00 - 04:00
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- 5 min late5 min late5 minutes late
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- Cancelled
- 0
Jul 21
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02:00 - 03:00
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- 8 min late8 min late8 minutes late
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- 0
Jul 21
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01:00 - 02:00
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- 8 min late8 min late8 minutes late
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- Cancelled
- 0
Jul 21
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00:00 - 01:00
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- 8 min late8 min late8 minutes late
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- 1 min early1 min early1 minutes early
- Cancelled
- 0
Jul 20
2026
23:00 - 00:00
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- 10 min late10 min late10 minutes late
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- 0
Jul 20
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22:00 - 23:00
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Jul 20
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21:00 - 22:00
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- 11 min late11 min late11 minutes late
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- 0
Jul 20
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20:00 - 21:00
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- 16 min late16 min late16 minutes late
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- Cancelled
- 0
Jul 20
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19:00 - 20:00
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- 17 min late17 min late17 minutes late
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- 0
Jul 20
2026
18:00 - 19:00
- Departure
- 17 min late17 min late17 minutes late
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- on-timeon-timeon-time
- Cancelled
- 0
Jul 20
2026
17:00 - 18:00
- Departure
- ———
- Arrival
- on-timeon-timeon-time
- Cancelled
- 0
Jul 20
2026
16:00 - 17:00
- Departure
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Jul 20
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15:00 - 16:00
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Jul 20
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14:00 - 15:00
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Jul 20
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13:00 - 14:00
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Jul 20
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12:00 - 13:00
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- 0
Jul 20
2026
11:00 - 12:00
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- on-timeon-timeon-time
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- 5 min early5 min early5 minutes early
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- 0
Jul 20
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10:00 - 11:00
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- 1 min late1 min late1 minutes late
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- 0
Jul 20
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09:00 - 10:00
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- 1 min late1 min late1 minutes late
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- 0
Jul 20
2026
08:00 - 09:00
- Departure
- 4 min late4 min late4 minutes late
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- 0
Jul 20
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07:00 - 08:00
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- 0
Jul 20
2026
06:00 - 07:00
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- Cancelled
- 0
Jul 20
2026
05:00 - 06:00
- Departure
- 15 min late15 min late15 minutes late
- Arrival
- on-timeon-timeon-time
- Cancelled
- 0
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8 min late8 min late8 minutes late | 2 min early2 min early2 minutes early | 0 |
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5 min late5 min late5 minutes late | 3 min early3 min early3 minutes early | 0 |
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00:00 - 01:00 |
8 min late8 min late8 minutes late | 1 min early1 min early1 minutes early | 0 |
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23:00 - 00:00 |
10 min late10 min late10 minutes late | on-timeon-timeon-time | 0 |
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22:00 - 23:00 |
10 min late10 min late10 minutes late | 8 min early8 min early8 minutes early | 0 |
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17 min late17 min late17 minutes late | on-timeon-timeon-time | 0 |
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17:00 - 18:00 |
——— | on-timeon-timeon-time | 0 |
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16:00 - 17:00 |
on-timeon-timeon-time | on-timeon-timeon-time | 0 |
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on-timeon-timeon-time | on-timeon-timeon-time | 0 |
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on-timeon-timeon-time | on-timeon-timeon-time | 0 |
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on-timeon-timeon-time | on-timeon-timeon-time | 0 |
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on-timeon-timeon-time | 2 min early2 min early2 minutes early | 0 |
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on-timeon-timeon-time | 5 min early5 min early5 minutes early | 0 |
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1 min late1 min late1 minutes late | 2 min early2 min early2 minutes early | 0 |
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1 min late1 min late1 minutes late | on-timeon-timeon-time | 0 |
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8 min late8 min late8 minutes late | 9 min early9 min early9 minutes early | 0 |
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15 min late15 min late15 minutes late | on-timeon-timeon-time | 0 |
- Departures
- 9 min late
- 2 min (-14.5%) vs last week
- 7d trend
- Arrivals
- 3 min early
- 0 min vs last week
- 7d trend
- Cancelled Departures
- 0 flights (7 day total)
Jul 20
2026
- Departure
- 9 min late9 min late9 minutes late
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- 3 min early3 min early3 minutes early
- Cancelled
- 0
Jul 19
2026
- Departure
- 12 min late12 min late12 minutes late
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- 8 min early8 min early8 minutes early
- Cancelled
- 0
Jul 18
2026
- Departure
- 8 min late8 min late8 minutes late
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- 3 min early3 min early3 minutes early
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- 0
Jul 17
2026
- Departure
- 8 min late8 min late8 minutes late
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- 5 min early5 min early5 minutes early
- Cancelled
- 0
Jul 16
2026
- Departure
- 9 min late9 min late9 minutes late
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- on-timeon-timeon-time
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- 0
Jul 15
2026
- Departure
- 9 min late9 min late9 minutes late
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- 2 min early2 min early2 minutes early
- Cancelled
- 0
Jul 14
2026
- Departure
- 11 min late11 min late11 minutes late
- Arrival
- on-timeon-timeon-time
- Cancelled
- 0
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Jul 20, 2026 |
9 min late9 min late9 minutes late | 3 min early3 min early3 minutes early | 0 |
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Jul 19, 2026 |
12 min late12 min late12 minutes late | 8 min early8 min early8 minutes early | 0 |
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Jul 18, 2026 |
8 min late8 min late8 minutes late | 3 min early3 min early3 minutes early | 0 |
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Jul 17, 2026 |
8 min late8 min late8 minutes late | 5 min early5 min early5 minutes early | 0 |
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Jul 16, 2026 |
9 min late9 min late9 minutes late | on-timeon-timeon-time | 0 |
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Jul 15, 2026 |
9 min late9 min late9 minutes late | 2 min early2 min early2 minutes early | 0 |
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Jul 14, 2026 |
11 min late11 min late11 minutes late | on-timeon-timeon-time | 0 |
- Departures
- 10 min late
- 2 min (+30.8%) vs last 30 days
- 30d trend
- Arrivals
- 3 min early
- min (+5.8%) vs last 30 days
- 30d trend
- Cancelled Departures
- 0 flights (30 day total)
Jul 20
2026
- Departure
- 9 min late9 min late9 minutes late
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- 3 min early3 min early3 minutes early
- Cancelled
- 0
Jul 19
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- 12 min late12 min late12 minutes late
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- Cancelled
- 0
Jul 18
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- 8 min late8 min late8 minutes late
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- Cancelled
- 0
Jul 17
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- 8 min late8 min late8 minutes late
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- Cancelled
- 0
Jul 16
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- 9 min late9 min late9 minutes late
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- on-timeon-timeon-time
- Cancelled
- 0
Jul 15
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- 9 min late9 min late9 minutes late
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- 2 min early2 min early2 minutes early
- Cancelled
- 0
Jul 14
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- Departure
- 11 min late11 min late11 minutes late
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- on-timeon-timeon-time
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- 0
Jul 13
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- Departure
- 12 min late12 min late12 minutes late
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- 3 min early3 min early3 minutes early
- Cancelled
- 0
Jul 12
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- Departure
- 8 min late8 min late8 minutes late
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- 4 min early4 min early4 minutes early
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- 0
Jul 11
2026
- Departure
- 9 min late9 min late9 minutes late
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- 7 min early7 min early7 minutes early
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- 0
Jul 10
2026
- Departure
- 12 min late12 min late12 minutes late
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- 4 min early4 min early4 minutes early
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- 0
Jul 9
2026
- Departure
- 15 min late15 min late15 minutes late
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- 1 min late1 min late1 minutes late
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- 0
Jul 8
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- 11 min late11 min late11 minutes late
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- 1 min early1 min early1 minutes early
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- 0
Jul 4
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- 9 min late9 min late9 minutes late
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- 0
Jul 3
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- 9 min late9 min late9 minutes late
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- 0
Jul 2
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- Departure
- 13 min late13 min late13 minutes late
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- 1 min early1 min early1 minutes early
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- 0
Jul 1
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- Departure
- 7 min late7 min late7 minutes late
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- 4 min early4 min early4 minutes early
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- 0
Jun 30
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- 10 min late10 min late10 minutes late
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- 5 min early5 min early5 minutes early
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- 0
Jun 29
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- Departure
- 9 min late9 min late9 minutes late
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- 5 min early5 min early5 minutes early
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- 0
Jun 28
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- Departure
- 11 min late11 min late11 minutes late
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- 5 min early5 min early5 minutes early
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- 0
Jun 27
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- Departure
- 13 min late13 min late13 minutes late
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- 4 min late4 min late4 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 0
Jun 26
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- Departure
- 13 min late13 min late13 minutes late
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- on-timeon-timeon-time
- Cancelled
- 0
Jun 25
2026
- Departure
- 11 min late11 min late11 minutes late
- Arrival
- on-timeon-timeon-time
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- 0
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2026
- Departure
- 8 min late8 min late8 minutes late
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- 2 min early2 min early2 minutes early
- Cancelled
- 0
Jun 23
2026
- Departure
- 6 min late6 min late6 minutes late
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- 8 min early8 min early8 minutes early
- Cancelled
- 0
Jun 22
2026
- Departure
- 8 min late8 min late8 minutes late
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- 6 min early6 min early6 minutes early
- Cancelled
- 0
Jun 21
2026
- Departure
- 19 min late19 min late19 minutes late
- Arrival
- 1 min late1 min late1 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 0
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9 min late9 min late9 minutes late | 3 min early3 min early3 minutes early | 0 |
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12 min late12 min late12 minutes late | 8 min early8 min early8 minutes early | 0 |
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8 min late8 min late8 minutes late | 5 min early5 min early5 minutes early | 0 |
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9 min late9 min late9 minutes late | on-timeon-timeon-time | 0 |
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Jul 15, 2026 |
9 min late9 min late9 minutes late | 2 min early2 min early2 minutes early | 0 |
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Jul 14, 2026 |
11 min late11 min late11 minutes late | on-timeon-timeon-time | 0 |
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Jul 13, 2026 |
12 min late12 min late12 minutes late | 3 min early3 min early3 minutes early | 0 |
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Jul 12, 2026 |
8 min late8 min late8 minutes late | 4 min early4 min early4 minutes early | 0 |
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9 min late9 min late9 minutes late | 7 min early7 min early7 minutes early | 0 |
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12 min late12 min late12 minutes late | 4 min early4 min early4 minutes early | 0 |
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11 min late11 min late11 minutes late | 1 min early1 min early1 minutes early | 0 |
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9 min late9 min late9 minutes late | 3 min early3 min early3 minutes early | 0 |
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11 min late11 min late11 minutes late | on-timeon-timeon-time | 0 |
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6 min late6 min late6 minutes late | 8 min early8 min early8 minutes early | 0 |
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8 min late8 min late8 minutes late | 6 min early6 min early6 minutes early | 0 |
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19 min late19 min late19 minutes late | 1 min late1 min late1 minutes late | 0 |
Global Rankings
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,791 ft 3,289 m 10,791 ft · 3,289 m | 148 ft 45 m 148 ft · 45 m | Asphalt | |
| 1,785 ft 544 m 1,785 ft · 544 m | 443 ft 135 m 443 ft · 135 m | Grass | |
| 10,791 ft 3,289 m 10,791 ft · 3,289 m | 148 ft 45 m 148 ft · 45 m | Asphalt | |
| 1,785 ft 544 m 1,785 ft · 544 m | 443 ft 135 m 443 ft · 135 m | Grass | |
| 5,712 ft 1,741 m 5,712 ft · 1,741 m | 148 ft 45 m 148 ft · 45 m | Asphalt | |
| 5,712 ft 1,741 m 5,712 ft · 1,741 m | 148 ft 45 m 148 ft · 45 m | Asphalt | |
| 1,690 ft 515 m 1,690 ft · 515 m | 229 ft 70 m 229 ft · 70 m | Closed | |
| 1,690 ft 515 m 1,690 ft · 515 m | 229 ft 70 m 229 ft · 70 m | Closed |
Runway Length
8 aircraft cannot operate at Christchurch Airport due to runway length constraints. The airport’s longest runway is 10,791 ft (3,289 m), which is below the typical takeoff or landing distance required by the aircraft listed here.
| Aircraft | Takeoff | Landing |
|---|---|---|
| Boeing 747-8 VIP / BBJ | 10,801 ft 3,292 m 10,801 ft · 3,292 m | 7,001 ft 2,134 m 7,001 ft · 2,134 m |
| Boeing 747-8 Freighter | 10,801 ft 3,292 m 10,801 ft · 3,292 m | 7,001 ft 2,134 m 7,001 ft · 2,134 m |
| Boeing 747-300 | 10,827 ft 3,300 m 10,827 ft · 3,300 m | 6,919 ft 2,109 m 6,919 ft · 2,109 m |
| Boeing 747-400F | 10,827 ft 3,300 m 10,827 ft · 3,300 m | 6,890 ft 2,100 m 6,890 ft · 2,100 m |
| Boeing 747-400ER | 10,892 ft 3,320 m 10,892 ft · 3,320 m | 7,136 ft 2,175 m 7,136 ft · 2,175 m |
| Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde | 11,250 ft 3,429 m 11,250 ft · 3,429 m | 7,218 ft 2,200 m 7,218 ft · 2,200 m |
| Antonov An-225 Mriya | 11,483 ft 3,500 m 11,483 ft · 3,500 m | 10,827 ft 3,300 m 10,827 ft · 3,300 m |
| McDonnell Douglas DC-8-71 | 11,499 ft 3,505 m 11,499 ft · 3,505 m | 5,909 ft 1,801 m 5,909 ft · 1,801 m |
Operational Context
Christchurch (IATA: CHC) operates around 99 flights per day to 23 nonstop destinations. Its network includes 12 domestic and 10 international routes, with Air New Zealand as the leading carrier and Auckland currently the busiest connection. From CHC, passengers can reach 7 countries across 2 continents, and the longest runway measures 3,289 m (10,791 ft).