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Christchurch International airport (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
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By plane :
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Aviation weather for Christchurch International airport NZCH CHC
METAR for Christchurch International airport NZCH CHC
METAR NZCH 221830Z AUTO 04005KT 7000 NCD 03/02 Q1014
Decoded METAR for Christchurch International airport NZCH CHC
METAR issued by NZCH on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 18:30 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 1 hours and 25 minutes ago.
visibility is 7km = 4sm.
The temperature is 3°C = 37°F, dew point is 2°C = 36°F. The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 93 %.
QNH is 1014hPa = 29.94inHg
Wind 9km/h = 5kt, direction is 40°.
Sky clear.
TAF for Christchurch International airport NZCH CHC
TAF NZCH 221729Z 2218/2324 VRB02KT 0200 FG NSC BECMG 2220/2222 9999 NSW BECMG 2301/2303 06010KT TEMPO 2318/2319 2000 BR
Decoded TAF for Christchurch International airport NZCH CHC
TAF issued by NZCH on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 17:00 UTC, issued 2 hours and 55 minutes. weather forecast for 30 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Wednesday, July 22, 2026 à 18:00 heure TU to Wednesday, July 22, 2026 à 20:00 heure UTC
FG
wind 2kt = 4km/h direction is VRB° with gusts at kt = kt
Visibility is 0km = 0sm.
NSC (No Significant Clouds) = no clouds below 5000 ft and no TCU (tower CUmulus) or CB 'cumulonimbus)
from Wednesday, July 22, 2026 à 20:00 heure TU to Wednesday, July 22, 2026 à 01:00 heure UTC
NSW
becoming
wind 2kt = 4km/h direction is VRB° with gusts at kt = kt
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
NSC (No Significant Clouds) = no clouds below 5000 ft and no TCU (tower CUmulus) or CB 'cumulonimbus)
from Wednesday, July 22, 2026 à 01:00 heure TU to Thursday, July 23, 2026 à 00:00 heure UTC
NSW
becoming
wind 10kt = 19km/h direction is 60° with gusts at kt = kt
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
NSC (No Significant Clouds) = no clouds below 5000 ft and no TCU (tower CUmulus) or CB 'cumulonimbus)
from Thursday, July 23, 2026 à 18:00 heure TU to Thursday, July 23, 2026 à 19:00 heure UTC
BR
temporarily
Visibility is 2km = 1sm.
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 (New Zealand)
near
- Hotels in Harewood
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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↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 11628mi↑
- 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 (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
- Fernside Fields Airpark airport (NZFE ) at 12mi↑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
- Springfield airport (NZSF ) at 32mi↑NOTAM
- Methven heliport (NZMV ) at 45mi↑NOTAM
- Ashburton airport (NZAS ASG ) at 47mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in New Zealand
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX et NOAA
- TAF : AVWX et NOAA
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap