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.
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.
| IATA | Destination | City | Country | Route | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
| IATA | Airline | Country | Routes 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.
| IATA | Origin airport | City | Country | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.