Live flights over Christchurch International Airport (CHC)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 272 departures and 269 arrivals at Christchurch International Airport, 271 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Auckland (AKL), Wellington (WLG) and Dunedin (DUD). The airline seen most often is Air New Zealand.
Airport data
- IATA code
- CHC
- ICAO code
- NZCH
- City
- Christchurch
- Region
- Canterbury Region
- Country
- New Zealand
- Elevation
- 37 m (123 ft)
- Coordinates
- -43.48903, 172.53206
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Christchurch International Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Christchurch.
Seen by the network
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 153 | 149 | 302 |
| Sat 24 | 119 | 120 | 239 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Auckland AKL 85 flights
- Wellington WLG 53 flights
- Dunedin DUD 20 flights
- Invercargill IVC 18 flights
- Nelson NSN 14 flights
- Palmerston North PMR 14 flights
- Sydney SYD Australia 14 flights
- Hamilton HLZ 11 flights
- Melbourne MEL Australia 11 flights
- Napier NPE 9 flights
- Brisbane BNE Australia 9 flights
- New Plymouth NPL 5 flights
- Rotorua ROT 4 flights
- Tauranga TRG 3 flights
- Gold Coast OOL Australia 3 flights
- Singapore SIN Singapore 2 flights
2 more connections
- Queenstown ZQN 1
- Blenheim BHE 1
Airlines
- Air New ZealandANZ 235
- Jetstar AirwaysJST 46
- SA Red Cross Air Mercy ServiceAMD 24
- QantasQFA 21
- FDCFDC 9
- Singapore AirlinesSIA 4
- EmiratesUAE 4
- AirworkAWK 3
- Fiji AirwaysFJI 3
- ASL Airlines AustraliaPHA 3
Aircraft
- ATR 72-600 AT76 140
- Airbus A320 A320 93
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee P28A 90
- Boeing 737-800 B738 28
- EC45 27
- PA38 22
- G2CA 20
- Airbus A320neo A20N 16
- Airbus A321neo A21N 16
- DH8C 16
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Christchurch International Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/-43.48903/lon/172.53206/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Christchurch right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Christchurch International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Christchurch: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of CHC, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Christchurch International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Air New Zealand, Jetstar Airways, SA Red Cross Air Mercy Service, Qantas and FDC.
What are the main connections from Christchurch International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Auckland (AKL, 85), Wellington (WLG, 53), Dunedin (DUD, 20), Invercargill (IVC, 18) and Nelson (NSN, 14). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Christchurch? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Christchurch International Airport? +
Christchurch International Airport has IATA code CHC and ICAO code NZCH. It lies in Canterbury Region, New Zealand, at coordinates -43.48903, 172.53206.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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