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Christchurch International airport at Christchurch (New Zealand)
Christchurch International airport is located near Christchurch, with Harewood at 1mi↑, Fendalton at 4mi↑, Riccarton at 4mi↑, Mairehau at 5mi↑, Christchurch at 6mi↑, Marshland at 6mi↑, Halswell at 7mi↑, Burwood at 8mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in New Zealand and Southernmost airports in New Zealand
→ See also airports in New Zealand
aerial view of Christchurch International airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : NZCH
- IATA code : CHC
- Local code : -
Elevation : 37 m = 121ft
→ See also Highest airports in New Zealand and Lowest airports in New Zealand
Runways
- runway 02/20 : 3288m = 10787ft
- runway 11/29 : 1703m = 5587ft
- runway 01/19 : 515m = 1690ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in New Zealand
Coming to Christchurch International airport
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
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By plane :
- Christchurch International airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Ashburton airport at 47mi : book on Trip.com
- Timaru airport at 86mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Christchurch International airport NZCH CHC
METAR for Christchurch International airport NZCH CHC
NZCH 251030Z AUTO 06005KT 9999 SCT070/// 13/12 Q1022
Decoded METAR for Christchurch International airport NZCH CHC
METAR issued by NZCH on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 10:30 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 9 hours and 15 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 13°C = 55°F, dew point is 12°C = 54°F. The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 94%.
QNH is 1022hPa = 30.18inHg
Wind 9km/h = 5kt, direction is 60°.
Clouds : scattered clouds at 7000ft = 2130m.
TAF for Christchurch International airport NZCH CHC
NZCH 250856Z 2509/2612 08010KT 9999 BKN020 BECMG 2510/2512 VRB02KT PROB40 2515/2519 0500 FG BECMG 2522/2600 06015KT
Decoded TAF for Christchurch International airport NZCH CHC
TAF issued by NZCH on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 08:56 UTC, issued 10 hours and 49 minutes. weather forecast for 27 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Tuesday, March 25, 2025 à 09:00 heure TU to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 à 10:00 heure UTC
2509/2612 08010KT 9999 BKN020
wind 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 80°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
broken at 2000ft = 610m
becoming from Tuesday, March 25, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 à 22:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2510/2512 VRB02KT
wind 2kt = 4km/h, direction is °
probability of 40% to have from Tuesday, March 25, 2025 à 15:00 heure TU to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 à 19:00 heure UTC
PROB40 2515/2519 0500 FG
Visibility is 1km = 0mi.
fog
becoming from Tuesday, March 25, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Wednesday, March 26, 2025 à 12:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2522/2600 06015KT
wind 15kt = 28km/h, direction is 60°
VAC for Christchurch International airport NZCH CHC
The Visual Approach Chart (VAC Visual Approach Chart) is provided without any guarantee of its timeliness. The pilot is the only person responsible for the verification of its validity before using it operationally to prepare a flight or to use it during its navigation.
NOTAM for Christchurch International airport
Around Christchurch International airport at Christchurch (New Zealand)
near
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- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 9036mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 9116mi↑
- Station de montagne Davos Klosters at 11566mi↑
- Station de montagne Saint-Moritz at 11569mi↑
- Station de montagne Arosa Lenzerheide at 11576mi↑
- Station de montagne Laax at 11592mi↑
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- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 11629mi↑
- Station de montagne Aletsch Arena at 11650mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 11654mi↑
- Station de montagne Grindelwald-Wengen at 11654mi↑
- for Christchurch International airport at 0mi↑
- for Garden City airport at 1mi↑
- for Wigram airport at 4mi↑
nearest airports to Christchurch International airport at Christchurch (New Zealand)
- Garden City heliport (NZGI ) at 1mi↑NOTAM
- Wigram airport (NZWG ) at 4mi↑defunct airport
- Christchurch Hospital heliport (NZJC ) at 6mi↑NOTAM
- West Melton Aerodrome airport (NZWL ) at 7mi↑NOTAM
- Burwood Hospital heliport (NZBW ) at 8mi↑NOTAM
- Kings (Ladbrooks) airport ( NZ-0012) at 10mi↑
- Worthy Lodge airstrip (Ladbrooks) airport ( NZ-0011) at 10mi↑
- Forest Field Aerodrome airport (NZFF ) at 11mi↑NOTAM
- Taitapu Ag strip airport ( NZ-0015) at 13mi↑
- Rangiora airport (NZRT ) at 14mi↑NOTAM
- Dunsandel airport ( NZ-0007) at 23mi↑
- Arkwrights Airstrip/Dunsandel (Private) airport ( NZ-0006) at 25mi↑defunct airport
→ See also Former airports in New Zealand
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap