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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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- 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 160500Z AUTO 05014KT 9999 OVC038/// 13/08 Q1033
Decoded METAR for Christchurch International airport NZCH CHC
METAR issued by NZCH on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 05:00 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 2 days and 48 hours and -2876 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 13°C = 55°F, dew point is 8°C = 46°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 72 %.
QNH is 1033hPa = 30.5inHg
Wind 26km/h = 14kt, direction is 50°.
Clouds : overcast at 3800ft = 1160m.
TAF for Christchurch International airport NZCH CHC
NZCH 160209Z 1603/1706 05015KT 9999 BKN035 BECMG 1608/1610 BKN008 TEMPO 1612/1700 4000 DZ
Decoded TAF for Christchurch International airport NZCH CHC
TAF issued by NZCH on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 02:09 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 2 days and 2 hours and 55 minutes. weather forecast for 27 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Tuesday, April 15, 2025 à 03:00 heure TU to Wednesday, April 16, 2025 à 08:00 heure UTC
1603/1706 05015KT 9999 BKN035
wind 15kt = 28km/h, direction is 50°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
broken at 3500ft = 1070m
becoming from Wednesday, April 16, 2025 à 10:00 heure TU to Thursday, April 17, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1608/1610 BKN008
broken at 800ft = 240m
temporarily from Wednesday, April 16, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Wednesday, April 16, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1612/1700 4000 DZ
Visibility is 4km = 2mi.
drizzle
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
- TianAn Rega Hotel (Beijing) at 6740mi↑
- 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
- 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