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Christchurch International Airport (CHC)

A working profile of Christchurch International Airport in Christchurch, New Zealand: identifiers, location, the destinations served by scheduled flights, and the airlines that operate there.

CHCIATA
NZCHICAO
20Destinations on file
9Operating airlines
34Departures on file

Quick facts

  • Full name: Christchurch International Airport
  • Serves: Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Coordinates: -43.4894, 172.5320
  • Elevation: 123 ft
  • Time zone: Pacific/Auckland

Christchurch International Airport sits inside the air network of New Zealand. It shows 34 distinct scheduled departures across 20 destinations and 9 operating carriers in the OpenFlights routes table. Whether it works as a primary hub, a focus city, or a regional feeder depends on the size of those numbers. The bigger they get, the more likely the airport supports connecting traffic on top of its point-to-point passengers.

Destinations from CHC

Destinations are listed in order of how many distinct airline codes serve them. Click any code for the destination's own airport profile, or jump to the dedicated route page.

Airport profile data
IATADestinationCityCountryRouteOperators
SYD Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport Sydney Australia CHC→SYD 7
MEL Melbourne International Airport Melbourne Australia CHC→MEL 3
OOL Gold Coast Airport Coolangatta Australia CHC→OOL 3
SIN Singapore Changi Airport Singapore Singapore CHC→SIN 2
AKL Auckland International Airport Auckland New Zealand CHC→AKL 2
WLG Wellington International Airport Wellington New Zealand CHC→WLG 2
BNE Brisbane International Airport Brisbane Australia CHC→BNE 2
BHE Woodbourne Airport Woodbourne New Zealand CHC→BHE 1
DUD Dunedin Airport Dunedin New Zealand CHC→DUD 1
HKK Hokitika Airfield Hokitika New Zealand CHC→HKK 1
HLZ Hamilton International Airport Hamilton New Zealand CHC→HLZ 1
IVC Invercargill Airport Invercargill New Zealand CHC→IVC 1
NPE Hawke's Bay Airport NAPIER New Zealand CHC→NPE 1
NPL New Plymouth Airport New Plymouth New Zealand CHC→NPL 1
NSN Nelson Airport Nelson New Zealand CHC→NSN 1
PMR Palmerston North Airport Palmerston North New Zealand CHC→PMR 1
PPQ Paraparaumu Airport Paraparaumu New Zealand CHC→PPQ 1
ROT Rotorua Regional Airport Rotorua New Zealand CHC→ROT 1
TRG Tauranga Airport Tauranga New Zealand CHC→TRG 1
ZQN Queenstown International Airport Queenstown International New Zealand CHC→ZQN 1

Airlines operating at CHC

Carriers ranked by the number of routes they file from this airport.

Airport profile data (section 2)
IATAAirlineCountryRoutes from CHC
NZ Air New Zealand New Zealand 19
JQ Jetstar Airways Australia 5
VA Virgin Australia Australia 4
AA American Airlines United States 1
EK Emirates United Arab Emirates 1
ET Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopia 1
MU China Eastern Airlines China 1
QF Qantas Australia 1
SQ Singapore Airlines Cargo Singapore 1

Inbound origin airports

Where flights into CHC typically originate, ranked by the number of operators on file.

Airport profile data (section 3)
IATAOrigin airportCityCountryOperators
SYD Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport Sydney Australia 7
MEL Melbourne International Airport Melbourne Australia 4
OOL Gold Coast Airport Coolangatta Australia 3
BNE Brisbane International Airport Brisbane Australia 3
SIN Singapore Changi Airport Singapore Singapore 2
NAN Nadi International Airport Nandi Fiji 2
AKL Auckland International Airport Auckland New Zealand 2
WLG Wellington International Airport Wellington New Zealand 2
BHE Woodbourne Airport Woodbourne New Zealand 1
DUD Dunedin Airport Dunedin New Zealand 1
HKK Hokitika Airfield Hokitika New Zealand 1
HLZ Hamilton International Airport Hamilton New Zealand 1
IVC Invercargill Airport Invercargill New Zealand 1
NPE Hawke's Bay Airport NAPIER New Zealand 1
NPL New Plymouth Airport New Plymouth New Zealand 1
NSN Nelson Airport Nelson New Zealand 1
PMR Palmerston North Airport Palmerston North New Zealand 1
PPQ Paraparaumu Airport Paraparaumu New Zealand 1
ROT Rotorua Regional Airport Rotorua New Zealand 1
TRG Tauranga Airport Tauranga New Zealand 1
ZQN Queenstown International Airport Queenstown International New Zealand 1

How to read this page

The destinations table is the core of an airport profile. It tells you, at a glance, where you can fly directly from CHC on a published schedule. The "operators" column doesn't measure frequency. It measures how many distinct airline codes file the route. So a "3" means three different carriers list CHC to that destination, even if one of them runs the route many times a day while the others only manage it weekly. For practical trip planning, use the table as a starting list and confirm the airline's own schedule for your travel dates.

The airline list shows which carriers treat CHC as part of their network. Many will be foreign carriers running one or two flights, while a handful will use the airport as a base. To see where those carriers fly elsewhere, click through to any airline page. Each airline profile includes a route sample drawn from the same dataset.