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NZCHCHCMajor airport

Christchurch International Airport

Christchurch, New Zealand

Elevation
123 ft
Runways
3
Longest
10,787 ft
Position
-43.489, 172.532
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Warning: pilot use only. For flight simulation use only. This information is not maintained to any aeronautical standard and must never be used for real world navigation or flight planning.

The field

022011290119N1 km
3 runways. Point at one for its dimensions.
North up, drawn to scale from published runway threshold positions.
NZCHN
Nothing else in range.
Nothing else with an ICAO code inside fifty miles.

By the numbers

  • 18,064 ft

    Runway, all told

    3.0 nm of pavement across 3 runways

  • 2nd

    Longest in New Zealand

    of 38 airfields in the country

  • 660th

    Longest in the world

    of 4,677 with a measured runway

  • 18th

    Highest in New Zealand

    123 ft above sea level

  • 75 nm

    Nearest airfield

    NZTU, bearing 229

  • Asphalt, Bitumen, Grass

    Surface

    2 of 3 lit

Current weather

METAR, live from NOAA aviation weather

Fetching the latest report...

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceLit
02/2010,787 ft148 ftAsphaltYes
11/295,587 ft148 ftBitumenYes
01/191,690 ft229 ftGrassNo

Frequencies

  • ATISATIS127.200
  • GNDGND121.900
  • TWRTWR118.400
  • APPAPP124.100
  • CTRLControl120.900
  • DELIVERYDelivery128.200
  • OPSAMC OPS122.500

Real world frequencies, listed for reference. What is actually staffed on the network appears on the map and in the client.

Fly from here

  • Plan a leg out of NZCH
  • NZCH to NZTU, the nearest field

On the network

Nothing has been run at NZCH yet. When an event uses this field it appears here, with what was flown and who worked it.

What is on the calendar

Nearby airfields

  • NZTUTimaru Airport75 nm
  • NZHKHokitika Airfield82 nm
  • NZMCMount Cook Airport106 nm
  • NZGTGlentanner Airport107 nm
  • NZOUOamaru Airport109 nm
  • NZWSWestport Airport113 nm

Elsewhere

  • Airport website
  • Wikipedia

Airport, runway and frequency data from OurAirports, which is public domain. Weather from NOAA aviation weather.